--- title: Girl Tells Hillary Clinton She Wants to Change Her Name description: "I think Lilly is a great name," Clinton wrote, "and I hope you know that you don't have to change it to become president" canonical: https://time.com/4510774/girl-hillary-clinton-letter-name-lilly-to-lillary/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-28T00:29:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T00:52:27.305Z article:section: Politics og:title: 7-Year-Old Tells Hillary Clinton She Wants to Change Her Name From Lilly to Lillary og:description: And Lilly got a letter of her own in return og:url: https://time.com/4510774/girl-hillary-clinton-letter-name-lilly-to-lillary/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc11d9138f74930ca/6988a7d75f570f7c15b22aef/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: Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump Face Off In First Presidential Debate At Hofstra University og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 7-Year-Old Tells Hillary Clinton She Wants to Change Her Name From Lilly to Lillary twitter:description: And Lilly got a letter of her own in return twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc11d9138f74930ca/6988a7d75f570f7c15b22aef/hillary-clinton.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 7-Year-Old Tells Hillary Clinton She Wants to Change Her Name From Lilly to Lillary by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Sep 28, 2016 12:29 AM UTC  Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks during the Presidential Debate at Hofstra University on September 26, 2016 in Hempstead, New York. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks during the Presidential Debate at Hofstra University on September 26, 2016 in Hempstead, New York.Win McNamee—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Sep 28, 2016 12:29 AM UTC A 7-year-old girl has been so inspired by [Hillary Clinton’s](http://time.com/money/4510479/hillary-clinton-presidential-debate-interruptions/) campaign, she told her mom she wants to change her name from “Lilly” to “Lillary” so she can someday run for president, too. Lilly’s mom, Jennifer Rosen-Heinz, wrote in to the [Clinton](http://motto.time.com/4510044/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-stamina/) campaign to share this story, not expecting any word back. But a letter recently arrived in the mail addressed to her daughter. Rosen-Heinz shared a photo of the letter on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10209812498164149&set=a.10200325640238630.2188497.1083037142&type=3&theater): --- > “” --- Lilly already seems to be taking that message of confidence to heart: In an interview with the [Washington _Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2016/09/27/hillary-clintons-offers-inspiring-advice-to-a-7-year-old-who-wanted-to-be-called-lillary/?hpid=hp%5Fhp-cards%5Fhp-card-local%3Ahomepage%2Fcard), she said, “She’s the first girl president. 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