Angelina Jolie and brad pittPitt’s youngest daughter, Vivian, has legally filed a petition in Los Angeles County Superior Court to remove “Pete” from her name. A week after her 18th birthday, she followed in her siblings’ footsteps. As unconventional as they may seem, Hollywood is known for adapting new stage names and ditching surnames. Over the years, many members of the media have changed their legal names for interesting personal reasons. from Nicholas Cage Suri Noelle breaks down the name changes of Hollywood celebrities and their children.
Shiloh Jolie
Dancer Shiloh Jolie, the couple’s first biological child, applied to change her legal name in 2024, the day after her 18th birthday, The Independent reported. The movement was followed by her three siblings, who submitted separate petitions. Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt, the youngest daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, filed the petition citing “personal” reasons. The hearing is scheduled for November 2, 2026. Before Vivienne, her siblings Maddox and Zahara issued a proclamation under California law asking that “Pete” be removed from their names.
Nicholas Cage
Nicolas Cage, whose legal name is Nicholas Coppola, recently changed his legal name to his popular name in 2025. “I’m Nic Cage. I legally changed my name last year,” he told Variety, before adding, “I’m Nic Cage in real life, and I’m Nic Cage on camera. It’s better to be the patriarch of my own little family than to be the clown cousin on the fringes of someone else’s, so I decided to go ahead and be ‘Cage.’‘”
Suri Noelle
Suri Noelle, daughter tom cruise and Katie Holmesis called Suri Cruise for a long time. However, Page Six reported that she used the new name at her high school graduation ceremony in New York City. “Noelle” comes from her mother’s middle name. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes filed for divorce in 2012 and settled five weeks later. Reports claim that the actor has become estranged from Suri.
angelina jolie
Angelina Jolie’s children also followed her lead and changed their names. In 2002, the actress dropped her father’s surname and changed her name from Angelina Jolie Voight to her own. “As an actor, I didn’t want to be Voight because of how people would react to the name,” Jolie told The Sun in 2011, before adding, “When I was younger, my dad would always apologize for articles describing me as ‘Voight.'”Jon VoightJolie has not made any public comments about the child’s name change.