--- title: Chelsea Clinton Suggests What Bill Clinton May Be Called description: Chelsea Clinton is offering a new clue about her father might be called if Hillary Clinton wins the White House in November canonical: https://time.com/4428147/bill-clinton-first-lady-hillary-clinton/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-28T12:39:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:37:00.282Z article:section: Politics og:title: Chelsea Clinton Suggests What Bill Clinton May Be Called og:description: Chelsea Clinton is offering a new clue about her father might be called if Hillary Clinton wins the White House in November og:url: https://time.com/4428147/bill-clinton-first-lady-hillary-clinton/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt338b69c1bacf39d2/69889ff98e06011679466f16/bill-clinton-first-gentleman-hillary-clinton.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: bill clinton first gentleman hillary clinton og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chelsea Clinton Suggests What Bill Clinton May Be Called twitter:description: Chelsea Clinton is offering a new clue about her father might be called if Hillary Clinton wins the White House in November twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt338b69c1bacf39d2/69889ff98e06011679466f16/bill-clinton-first-gentleman-hillary-clinton.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's What Chelsea Clinton Says Her Dad Wants to Be Called if Hillary Wins  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Jul 28, 2016 12:39 PM UTC  Former U.S. President Bill Clinton delivers remarks on the second day of the 2016 Democratic National Convention at Wells Fargo Center on July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia Former U.S. President Bill Clinton delivers remarks on the second day of the 2016 Democratic National Convention at Wells Fargo Center on July 26, 2016 in PhiladelphiaPaul Morigi—WireImage  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Jul 28, 2016 12:39 PM UTC Since [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4424365/dnc-hillary-clinton-nomination/) entered the presidential race political observers have speculated on [what her husband Bill Clinton would be called](http://time.com/4102755/hillary-clinton-bill-clinton-election/) if he were to become the first male spouse to a U.S. president. Now, the couple’s daughter Chelsea is offering a new clue. “He likes to hearken back to his Irish roots so I think he would love to be called First Laddie,” Chelsea Clinton [joked on the TODAY show](https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/758629016773373953) Thursday, referring to an Irish and Scottish word for boy. Told by TODAY show host Matt Lauer that the name was unlikely to catch on, Clinton acknowledged that her “vote was for first gentleman.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4428147/bill-clinton-first-lady-hillary-clinton/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4428147/bill-clinton-first-lady-hillary-clinton/"},"headline":"Here's What Chelsea Clinton Says Her Dad Wants to Be Called if Hillary Wins","datePublished":"2016-07-28T12:39:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:37:00.282Z","description":"It's a favorite topic of speculation for many","url":"https://time.com/4428147/bill-clinton-first-lady-hillary-clinton/","keywords":["2016 presidential election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt338b69c1bacf39d2/69889ff98e06011679466f16/bill-clinton-first-gentleman-hillary-clinton.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt338b69c1bacf39d2/69889ff98e06011679466f16/bill-clinton-first-gentleman-hillary-clinton.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"bill clinton first gentleman hillary clinton","caption":"bill clinton first gentleman hillary clinton","creditText":"Paul Morigi—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-presidential-election/","name":"2016 presidential election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4428147/bill-clinton-first-lady-hillary-clinton/","name":"Here's What Chelsea Clinton Says Her Dad Wants to Be Called if Hillary Wins"}}]}] ```