The Zahara name change is now official. A Los Angeles court has granted Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s 21-year-old daughter permission to change her legal name from Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt to Zahara Marley Jolie.

According to a court document submitted on September 28 and obtained by E! News, nobody objected to the request.

“After review of the case file, the Court rules as follows: There being no objections, the petition for change of name is granted,” the filing states. “The Decree is signed and filed. The Petitioner’s name is changed from Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt to Zahara Marley Jolie.”

Representatives for Jolie and Pitt did not respond to requests for comment.

When did Zahara request the change?

Zahara filed her petition in June 2026, nearly a month after graduating from Spelman College in Atlanta with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology.

In July, she published notice of the proposed change in the Los Angeles Daily Journal. California requires petitioners to publicize their intentions in a local newspaper, giving anyone who objects an opportunity to file a written challenge before the final hearing. Even removing one half of a hyphenated celebrity surname requires the traditional administrative ceremony.

No opposition was submitted, clearing the way for the court to approve the petition in September.

The ruling makes official a name Zahara had already been using publicly for several years. When she joined Alpha Kappa Alpha in 2023, she introduced herself in an induction video as Zahara Marley Jolie.

She used the same name at her Spelman graduation ceremony earlier in 2026, when she was introduced onstage to receive her diploma.

Which of Jolie and Pitt’s children have changed their names?

Zahara is the second of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s six children to receive court approval to remove Pitt from a legal surname.

Their daughter Shiloh, now 20, filed her own petition on her 18th birthday in 2024. A court approved that request later the same year, changing her name from Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt to Shiloh Nouvel Jolie.

Two other siblings have also sought similar changes in 2026:

  • Maddox, 25, has filed a request to change his surname.
  • Vivienne, 18, has also submitted a petition.

Those applications remain pending, according to the report.

The family’s surname changes have unfolded individually rather than through one shared legal action. For Zahara, the latest ruling simply aligns the court record with the name she had already chosen to use at major public moments, from joining her sorority to collecting her college diploma.