Brad Pitt’s Kids Are Dropping Their Father’s Last Name: Here’s Why I Did The Same0

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• July 18, 2026

She adds that she had always “hated” the surname she inherited from her father, which included a profanity for which she was teased at school. “I didn’t want to be associated with that,” he says. Changing her last name to match her mother’s was a relief and Maggie says she now feels “more like myself.”