one person many valid names i've added the words also known as hillary clinton or hillary rodham clinton to the intro which seems to be appropriate regardless of the decision regarding this move as far as i can see she has had or used the following names hillary diane rodham her official birth name hillary rodham the name she was most commonly referred to by before her marriage hillary diane rodham clinton her official name after taking her husband's name hillary rodham clinton her preferred name for herself both then and now hillary clinton the name the public knows her by which is also the name she primarily uses in her official campaign materials all of these names are or have been in their respective contexts valid names for the same person