Is it just too poncey...

[badkitty]

To call a boy Henry as official/christening name but then always call him Harry in real life?

I have a Henry and love him to bits, see my profile!

Tamara Mellon (who founded Jimmy Choo shoes) has a Minty. I wish I didn't have the most amazing capacity to remember such crap but I do ...

I would assume that your Harry was really a Henry.

See, I'd assume your Harry was a Harry, i have no imagination

Nope. And if someone did think it was poncey, personally I'd say that was there problem not yours/your sons!

hm...no not poncey...but why would you call the Baby Harry...tis not really any shorter and Henry has a lovely sound to it, so, kind of no need to use a differnt calling name...imo....

my son is henry and has never been called anything but harry from birth.

DH does not like diminutives as given names.

He is now 7 and quite likes having an 'official' name and everyday name!

I am old I guess...but to me, Harry is not a name of iteself but a shortening/nickname for Henry. So I too think you're doing it 'right'! Henry is a lovely name.

ds' middle name is henrik, and my reasoning was that, should he dislike his 1st name, he could be known as either henrik, harry, or hal
don't think it's remotely poncey - quite old-fashioned, really