Angelina Jolie's daughter Zahara drops Brad Pitt's name after family row

04 January 2024 , 15:52

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Angelina Jolie's daughter Zahara drops Brad Pitt's surname in favour of Jolie after family row (Image: GC Images)

Angelina Jolie's eldest daughter Zahara has turned her back on adopted father Brad Pitt, as it's revealed that she no longer uses the actor's surname.

Zahara, who is currently attending college, now answers to Zahara Marley Jolie rather than her Jolie-Pitt surname after she was adopted in 2005. The 18-year-old recently joined the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority at Spelman College and instead of registering as Jolie-Pitt she simply gave Jolie, appearing to have dropped her adoptive father's surname.

Zahara was adopted from an orphanage in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa by Jolie and Pitt in 2005, when she was six months old. Zahara is the second of the six children that Brad and Angelina share, which also include Maddox, 22, Shiloh, 17, Pax, 20, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 15.

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Zahara, 18, is now going solely by her mum's surname and has shunned father Brad Pitt (GC Images)

Brad Pitt has a tense relationship with his children (Getty Images)

Zahara, who is currently a sophmore at college, has been seen in a video from her sorority induction where she states: "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." The clip has been shared online, with social media users quick to spot her choice of surname. Writing on Twitter, one person shared: "I wasn’t gonna say anything, but I definitely peeped that Zahara left Pitt off her last name". Another wrote: "Oh Zahara said her last name is Jolie, not Jolie-Pitt". A third said: "I need people to respect her as an individual who just said her name out loud ZAHARA. MARLEY. JOLIE. Zero mention of the name PITT. Period".

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Angelina is now said to be "healing" after her split from Brad, with the couple parting ways in 2016 after just two years of marriage. They are still progressing through their divorce and financial agreements over seven years later. Back in 2016, it was announced that she and Brad had split following reports of an alleged altercation onboard a private jet. Since then, the former couple have been battling it out in court over custody arrangements, as well as a financial agreement.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt adopted Zahara in 2005 when she was just six months old (AFP/Getty Images)

Brad Pitt and Angelina split in 2016 after two years of marriage, but are still finalising the legal and financial details of their divorce (Getty Images)

Angelina briefly spoke about her split from Brad during the in-depth interview with WSJ Magazine, where she told the publication about the "healing" she and her family needed to do after the high-profile split from Brad. The Oscar winning actress also revealed she had taken a step back from her acting career in order to focus on her wellbeing as she explained: "We had to heal. There are things we needed to heal from."

It’s not the first time Angelina has spoken about the lengthy healing process she underwent after separating from Brad, and she previously credited her children for "saving" her. In an interview last September, she explained: "My entire life changed. Having children saved me - and taught me to be in this world differently. I think, recently, I would’ve gone under in a much darker way had I not wanted to live for them."

Niamh Spence