Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s daughter changes name at graduation

Zahara Jolie is the latest child of Brad Pitt to drop her famous father's last name.

The 21-year-old, who is the eldest daughter of Angelina Jolie and the Fight Club actor, graduated from Spelman College with a degree in Psychology over the weekend.

Although Zahara was listed as 'Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt' in the university's graduation, she was introduced as Zahara Marley Jolie as she walked across the stage to collect her diploma.

This isn't the first time Zahara, who was adopted by Jolie and Pitt from an orphanage in Ethiopia at six months old, has dropped her father's surname, previously introducing herself as Zahara Marley Jolie when joining the university's Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority in November 2023.

Zahara has dropped her dad's surname (Presley Ann/Getty Images for Palm Springs International Film Society)

"My name is Zahara Marley Jolie. And I landed all the way from the Golden State in the city full of angels: Los Angeles, California," then 18-year-old Zahara told the crowd in a video shared by Essence.

Zahara isn't the only member of the actors' famous brood of children to drop their father's last name in recent years.

In June 2024, the couple's daughter, Shiloh, filed to drop Pitt from her name on her 18th birthday, now going by Shiloh Nouvel Jolie.

Earlier this year, it was confirmed that the couple's eldest son, Maddox, had also dropped his double-barreled surname, being credited as Maddox Jolie while working as an assistant producer on his mum's latest movie, Couture. Meanwhile, youngest daughter Vivienne was previously credited as 'Vivienne Jolie' on the playbill of Broadway musical The Outsiders, where she worked behind the scenes as a volunteer production assistant back in May 2024.

It's not currently known if the couple's other children, Pax and Knox, have dropped Pitt from their surname.

While none of the children have spoken about their decision to drop their father's surname, the change came after Jolie and Pitt's highly publicised divorce.

Jolie with five out of six of her children (Presley Ann/Getty Images for Palm Springs International Film Society)

The Mr and Mrs Smith stars separated in 2016 when Jolie accused her husband of 'abusive behaviour’ towards herself and their children while on a private plane to France in 2016.

According to court documents, Jolie alleged that Pitt had attacked her and one of their children onboard the aircraft – claims which the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood actor denied.

Jolie and Pitt's divorce was later settled in December, following a number of legal disputes between the former couple. Pitt has not commented publicly on the relationship between himself and his children since the divorce, but it has been suggested that the siblings have become estranged from their father over the years.