Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s daughter takes out newspaper notice to announce their new name

Shiloh, the daughter of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, has officially announced her new name in the Los Angeles Times newspaper.

Shiloh has announced her new name in a newspaper ad. Credit: JC Olivera/Getty

The 18-year-old is one of six children shared by the Hollywood stars — alongside twins Knox and Vivienne, 15, Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, and Zahara, 19.

The former couple welcomed Shiloh on May 27, 2006, in Swakopmund, Namibia.

Brad and Angelina, who started dating in 2004, tied the knot in 2014. However, just two years later, the Lara Croft star filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences.

Declared legally single in 2019, the former spouses established a joint custody arrangement in 2021.

However, this arrangement was short-lived as the judge overseeing the case was disqualified due to his close business relationships with Pitt’s legal team, per The Guardian.

Angelina Jolie filed for divorce in 2016. Credit: Anthony Harvey/Getty

In 2022, the 48-year-old actress filed a cross-complaint alleging that the Bullet Train star physically abused one of their children onboard a private jet in 2016.

According to legal filings obtained by The New York Times, the 60-year-old actor “choked one of the children and struck another in the face” and “grabbed Jolie by the head and shook her.”

The documents also state that at one point: “He poured beer on Jolie; at another, he poured beer and red wine on the children.”

Pitt vehemently denied the claims and was never charged following an FBI investigation into the allegations.

Shiloh has since gravitated toward her mother during the divorce, and two months after legally filing to drop “Pitt” from her name, she has taken another significant step.

The 18-year-old recently published an announcement in the Los Angeles Times, revealing her intent to change her name to Shiloh Jolie, previously Shiloh Jolie-Pitt.

Shiloh is removing “Pitt” from her name. Credit: Samir Hussein/Getty

According to California law, a judge must have legal forms published in a newspaper for one month before approving a petition to change one’s name. Once published, the request appears in the legal notice section of the paper.

A week after the petition was filed in May, a source close to Brad Pitt told PEOPLE that the father of six is “aware and upset” about the change.

“He’s aware and upset that Shiloh dropped his last name,” said the source. “The reminders that he’s lost his children are, of course, not easy for Brad. He loves his children and misses them. It’s very sad.”

“He’s still happy with Ines [de Ramon],” the source continued, but the distance from his children “pains him.”

Brad Pitt is understood to be hurt by the name change. Credit: Gregg DeGuire/Getty

“He has virtually no contact with the adult kids. His engagement with the younger kids is more limited in recent months because of his filming schedule,” the source said.

The source also noted that the couple’s custody agreement allows visitation rights to their minor children, sharing: “[Angelina] has the kids most of the time, but per their agreement, he has visitation with the younger kids.”