Pakistan, July 22 -- Vivienne Jolie-Pitt has filed a petition to legally remove Brad Pitt's surname, becoming the latest child of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt to seek a name change. Court records filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court show the 18-year-old wants to change her name from Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt to Vivienne Marcheline Jolie. The filing lists the reason for the request simply as "personal," with a court hearing scheduled for November 2.

The legal filing follows signs that Vivienne had already begun using the shortened name in public. Last year, she was credited as "Vivienne Jolie" in the Playbill for the Broadway production The Outsiders, where she worked alongside her mother, Angelina Jolie. The latest court actio...