If Hillary Clinton becomes president, Bill wants to be called 'Adam'

President Bill Clinton gives the keynote address at the Patient Safety, Science and Technology Summit in Irvine on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015. The summit brings together some of the world's best minds to make pledges to help eliminate preventable deaths. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Paul Rodriguez)
President Bill Clinton gives the keynote address at the Patient Safety, Science and Technology Summit in Irvine on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015. The summit brings together some of the world's best minds to make pledges to help eliminate preventable deaths. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Paul Rodriguez)

Bill Clinton’s regular refrain when asked about his wife’s presidential aspirations is that he will be supportive of whatever she chooses to do. But by now, the former president has encountered the question enough times over the years that he’s had plenty of time to envision his life as husband of the United States' first female president. And, as he revealed in an interview with Rachael Ray airing Thursday, he has even put some thought into what he might want to be called.

“Let’s say, if a woman became president, we could, I could be called Adam,” Clinton suggested. Get it? Like the First Man?

It might be one of the more clever titles posited for a female president’s spouse. Another top contender, of course, is “First Dude,” inspired by the preferred nickname of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s husband, Todd.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton contemplates during a question and answer session with Victor Dodig, president and CEO of tCIBC, at a Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Winnipeg, Canada, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, John Woods)
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton contemplates during a question and answer session with Victor Dodig, president and CEO of tCIBC, at a Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Winnipeg, Canada, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, John Woods)

Though the role of president’s husband has yet to exist in the United States, in many other countries a female head of state is not such a foreign concept. Should Hillary win the White House, Bill might take his cue from the husbands of other female leaders and go by “First Gentleman,” as former Indian President Pratibha Patil’s husband was known, or forgo a nickname and keep a low profile, like German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s husband. However, the latter is not really Bubba’s style.

Bill Clinton does, however, already have an official title. Having served in the nation’s top office, he will forever be referred to as “Mr. President.” If Hillary were elected, the two might simply be called “Mr. and Mrs. President.” Talk about a power couple.

Of course, as Bill noted in his interview with Rachael Ray, Hillary has not officially decided whether she’ll be running in 2016. But when a woman is elected president of the United States, whatever nickname her spouse is given, it will certainly be the first.