Brad Pitt is dating again and using this very special name to flirt with new women

Brad Pitt prefers to ditch his A-list persona when meeting new women.

According to a witness, the 54-year-old megastar recently flirted with a bubbly blonde at an LA coffee shop and introduced himself as "William".

"He arrived by motorcycle, wearing sunglasses, jeans and a leather jacket," a source told Page Six, noting that the father-of-six then struck up a conversation with a woman in line. "She was acting overly bubbly and looked a little like Kate Bosworth, but it wasn’t her."

And when the woman introduced herself as "Lydia", Pitt "put out his hand and said, 'Hi, I’m William.' She replied, 'Oh, you look like a Bradley.' And he responded, 'Well, that’s my middle name' and smiled and winked at her."

Pitt’s full name is, in fact, William Bradley Pitt.

But it seems his new coffee pal wasn’t quite ready to let his better known moniker go. 

She called out "'Nice to meet you, Bradley … I mean William,'" as she exited, notes the source. "He laughed to himself, then got on his bike."