Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s son Maddox makes major name change

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s son, Maddox, has debuted a new feature, joining his sisters in changing one major thing.

The 24-year-old, recently featured as an assistant director on his mother’s new movie Couture, which debuted in French theatres.

But his job role wasn’t the only thing to have been newly adopted, as in the end-credits, Maddox was listed with a totally new persona – with his name seemingly being changed.

Now, he can be seen as Maddox Jolie, instead of his birth name: Maddox Jolie-Pitt.

The choice to drop Pitt comes less than a year after his sister, Shiloh, also did the same thing as soon as she turned into an adult.

Previously, Maddox featured his Jolie-Pitt surname when he was listed as Angelina’s director assistant when he directed the biopic, Maria in 2024.

Maddox seemed to have dropped his 'Pitt' surname (STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

While Maddox and Shiloh seem to have changed their name, their sister Vivienne has also been credited as ‘Vivienne Jolie’ in professional projects, and Zahara also dropped ‘Pitt’ when previously introducing herself at a college event- which leaves Pax, 22, and Knox, 17, the only kids left to do the same.

The name changes come after Angelina filed a law suit against her ex-husband Brad in 2022, claiming he had been abusive towards her and their children during a flight in 2016 which led to their public divorce.

The filing alleged that Brad had 'choked' one of their six children on the private jet, and 'struck another in the face'.

It also alleged Brad had 'grabbed' Angelina 'by the head', and 'poured beer and red wine on the children'.

However, Brad's legal team has maintained his innocence since.

Most children have now changed their names, be it professionally or legally (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Brad and Angelina initially began their relationship in 2006, before getting married in 2014 and splitting 2016 due to 'irreconcilable differences'.

When it came to Shiloh, her ability to change her name took place after a legal ruling dictated she could go from Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, to Shiloh Jolie.

Having begun to take the steps to change her name the year before, per a statement released at the time by her lawyer Peter Levine, she had done so ‘following painful events’.

Levine told People at the time: "The media should be more careful in their reporting, especially when covering a young adult who has made an independent and significant decision following painful events, and is merely following legal process."

He added: "As Shiloh's attorney, I am required to publish a legal notice because the law in California requires that of anyone who wants to change their name.

"That legal notice was published in The Los Angeles Times, as is required."