LOS ANGELES — Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s daughter Zahara has officially changed her name, removing her father’s surname from her legal identity.

The 21-year-old was granted her request on Sept. 28 to change her name from Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt to Zahara Marley Jolie, according to a court document.

“After review of the case file, the Court rules as follows: There being no objections, the petition for change of name is granted,” the document stated. It added that the decree had been signed and filed, officially changing the petitioner’s name to Zahara Marley Jolie.

The court approval came after Zahara initially filed her request in June, nearly a month after graduating from Atlanta’s Spelman College with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology.

In July, she published a notice of her intended name change in the Los Angeles Daily Journal. The publication fulfilled a California requirement that name-change petitions be publicized in a local newspaper so that anyone seeking to challenge the request could submit a written objection before a final hearing.

Although the legal change was only recently approved, Zahara has used Jolie as her surname publicly for several years.

In 2023, when she joined the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority at Spelman College, she introduced herself during an induction video as Zahara Marley Jolie. She was also introduced by that name at her graduation ceremony earlier this year when she took the stage to receive her diploma.

Zahara is the second of Pitt and Jolie’s six children to receive legal approval to remove the F1 actor’s surname.

Their 20-year-old daughter Shiloh received approval for a similar name change in 2024 after filing her petition on her 18th birthday.

Their other children have also taken steps toward changing their names. Maddox, 25, and Vivienne, 18, made similar requests this year, though approval of their petitions remains pending.

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