Add Page Six on Google Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s son Maddox has officially dropped his famous father’s last name.
A Los Angeles judge granted the 25-year-old’s petition Monday to legally change his name from Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt to Maddox Chivan Jolie, according to court documents obtained by Page Six.
“There are no objections, the petition for change of name is granted,” the Sept. 14 minute order states.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s son Maddox has officially dropped his famous father’s last name. FilmMagic “The Decree is signed and filed,” the order continues. “The Petitioner’s name is changed from Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt to Maddox Chivan Jolie.”
Maddox appeared remotely for Monday morning’s hearing alongside his attorney, Peter Kenneth Levine, according to the filing.
Judge Virginia Keeny presided over the hearing at Los Angeles Superior Court’s Stanley Mosk Courthouse.
The decision comes two months after Page Six reported that Maddox and his sister Zahara had taken out newspaper advertisements announcing their respective petitions to legally drop “Pitt” from their surnames.
The newspaper publication was a required step in California’s legal name-change process and gave anyone opposing the request an opportunity to file an objection ahead of the hearing.
Maddox initially filed his petition in May, listing the reason for the requested change as “personal.”
However, he had already begun publicly going by his mother’s surname months earlier.
Maddox was credited as “Maddox Jolie” for his work as an assistant director on Jolie’s film “Couture” when it was released in France in February.
He had previously used his full name, Maddox Jolie-Pitt, when he worked as an executive producer on his mother’s 2024 Maria Callas biopic, “Maria.”
The “Fight Club” star, 62, finalized his long-running divorce from Angelina in December 2024, bringing an end to more than eight years of legal proceedings. Angelina filed to dissolve their marriage in September 2016.
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