Brad Pitt suffers another heartbreak as son Maddox drops his surname Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie 's eldest son Maddox Jolie-Pitt has officially filed to drop the actor's last name The Daily Mail can confirm that Maddox, 24, requested to legally remove 'Pitt' from his surname on Thursday, changing his full name to Maddox Chivan Jolie, and listed his reason as 'personal ' Maddox informally dropped the surname in February, when he was listed in the end credits
Why Did Maddox Change His Last Name From Brad Pitts? Maddox, Pitt’s eldest child with ex-wife Angelina Jolie, removed Pitt from his last name in the credits of his mom’s new movie, Couture, on which he served as an assistant director