How Angelina Jolie feels about her children dropping estranged dad Brad Pitt’s last name

Angelina Jolie is focused on healing as daughter Vivienne Jolie-Pitt becomes the latest of her children who has legally filed to drop “Pitt” from her last name.

“Angie hasn’t been fighting and isn’t angry. She just wants everyone to heal,” a source close to the “Maleficent” actress exclusively told Page Six.

“If people knew the whole truth they would have more sympathy for the children and respect them,” the insider claimed. “The fact they aren’t speaking ill or sharing things publicly only shows their decency.”

Representatives for Brad Pitt and Jolie did not immediately respond to Page Six’s requests for comment.

Vivienne, 18, submitted paperwork on July 20 in Los Angeles Superior Court requesting that her legal name be changed from Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt to Vivienne Marcheline Jolie.

Marcheline Bertrand is the name of Jolie’s late mom, who died in 2007 after a battle with ovarian and breast cancer.

In court docs obtained by Page Six, Vivienne lists the reason as “personal.”

Vivienne’s filing marks the latest development in the years-long family rift that has unfolded since Pitt and Jolie’s highly publicized split in 2016.

The “Fight Club” star, 62, and the “Maleficent” actress, 51, finalized their divorce in December 2024, ending more than eight years of legal proceedings after Jolie filed to dissolve their marriage in September 2016.

The former couple share six children: Maddox, 24, Pax, 22, Zahara, 21, Shiloh, 19, and twins Knox and Vivienne.

Several of the siblings have already taken similar steps.

Shiloh successfully petitioned a Los Angeles court in May 2024 to remove “Pitt” from her last name shortly after turning 18.

Maddox also filed legal paperwork in May 2026 seeking to drop “Pitt” from his surname, citing personal reasons in court documents. 

Prior to filing, he had already begun using “Maddox Jolie” professionally, including in the credits for the film “Couture,” which he worked on as an assistant director while his mother starred.

On June 9, Zahara filed paperwork requesting to legally change her name from Zahara Jolie-Pitt to Zahara Jolie.

Knox had also appeared to distance himself from the Pitt surname before his twin’s filing.

As Page Six exclusively reported in June, the teenager used the name “Knox Jolie” on his high school diploma after graduating from Fusion Academy in Los Angeles.

A source told Page Six at the time that Knox celebrated the milestone alongside Jolie, his older siblings Pax and Zahara, and his twin sister, Vivienne.

Vivienne similarly dropped her father’s last name publicly in May 2024 when she was credited as “Vivienne Jolie” in the Playbill for the Broadway production of “The Outsiders,” which she helped her mother produce.

Meanwhile, Pax remains close with members of the “F1” star’s extended family despite having a strained relationship with the Oscar winner.

“Pax still has a relationship with his dad’s side of the family and continues to spend time with them,” a source exclusively told Page Six last month. “He recently joined his family as they went out to dinner and celebrated his cousin Sydney’s engagement to Archimede Jerome.”

According to the insider, Pitt’s sister, Julie Pitt Neal, also attended the gathering, along with his niece Reagan Pitt and numerous other relatives.

However, a second source told Page Six that while Pax “still has a relationship” with his paternal relatives, he “doesn’t have much of a relationship with Brad.”