--- 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: 2026-08-19T07:45:34.145Z 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5102 og:image:height: 2870 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 7-Year-Old Tells Hillary Clinton She Wants to Change Her Name From Lilly to Lillary > Sponsored content. 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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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