Carice Van Houten & Guy Pearce welcomed baby boy Monte Pearce

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Back in March, we learned something new/weird: Game of Thrones star Carice van Houten (39) had taken up with Guy Pearce (48), and they were expecting their first child together. While Carice and Guy had been photographed once or twice before March, I don’t think most people had any idea they were together, so the pregnancy announcement was extra-surprising. So surprising, in fact, that the post about it had 100 comments! Well, good news! Carice gave birth to a healthy baby boy, and Guy announced the name:

What do we think of the name Monte Pearce? It reminds me of several things all at once. One, Guy Pearce is Australian, and Australian celebrities tend to follow the British way of baby-naming, which is to use nicknames as proper, legal names. Like, I could see calling the baby Monte if his given name was Montgomery or Monterey or something. Monte sounds like a nickname. My second thought was that “Monte Pearce” sounds like an old-fashioned Hollywood name, like a stage name used by a leading man in the 1940s. His real name would have been Archie Guthrie, but the studio changed it to Monte Pearce.

In any case, congrats to Carice and Guy and little Monte.

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  1. Sara says:

    He was in County of Monte Cristo.

  2. Tough Cookie says:

    Wasn’t that the name of his creepy character in the Kate WInslet HBO series Mildred Pierce?

  3. Freebunny says:

    Congrats to them.

  4. burnsie says:

    Monte Pearce is a perfect pr0n name, but I love Guy Pearce, so I’m down with it!

  5. Sayrah says:

    Congratulations on the non-shadow baby boy!

  6. Ellie66 says:

    I love the name Montie (almost named my Pug Monty 😬) it totally sounds like a 40s movie star with that Mid-Atlanic accent and a pencil thin mustache. Lol!

  7. Jen43 says:

    It’s a catchy name. Congrats to them.

  8. La Ti Da says:

    I’m assuming this one is definitely corporeal? Congrats to the new family, here’s to Guy’s fires continuing to burn… bright.

  9. QQ says:

    LOLOL at the Old timey Hollywood Guy Idea Cause i Thought Old Timey Wise guy OR Pulpy Detective

  10. Forthelasttime says:

    It’s especially surprising since he is gay.

    • ell says:

      receipts? i mean he was married to a woman for ages, if he’s anything other than straight, he’s bisexual (but even then, receipts?)

    • TrixC says:

      Unless you know him personally you can’t possibly know this. Even if you happen to know he’s slept with men, he could easily be bisexual.

  11. Margo S. says:

    I would Der if that’s why game of thrones has postponed filming the next season. They were waiting for melisandre to have her baby? Love the name. Their boy will be gorgeous!

    • ell says:

      they postponed because it’s meant to be winter in the show, so summer shooting isn’t ideal anymore

  12. Pansy says:

    Oh my gosh the cheekbones this kid’s gonna have.

  13. Bex says:

    I know someone who worked on Mildred Pierce and said that he was just the nicest guy, which made me very happy. Always liked him! Congrats to them all. Monte Pearce is definitely an old school razzmatazz kind of a name.

  14. Tash says:

    Carice looks gorgeous in these pictures! Congrats to them!

  15. Ginger says:

    That’s going to be a gorgeous kid! Congrats to them. Always thought Guy Pearce was handsome.

  16. Classy and Sassy says:

    Gefeliciteerd, Carice! Ik vind de naam leuk!

  17. Andrea says:

    They seem adorable together and she looks so much younger when she is not Melisandre!

  18. Konspiracytheory says:

    Now I’m playing Simpsons word association…Monte – Monty Burns…Carice Van Houten – Milhous Van Houten…

  19. Jessie says:

    I’ve been following her Instagram and she’s actually pretty funny! She’s also incredibly beautiful and quite young, which I never really noticed on GOT (she kinda looks worn and tired with that crazy red wig on)…
    Guy Pearce is a fantastic actor, loved him in Momento.
    Congrats to them!!

  20. CharlotteCharlotte says:

    Guy is British. He recognises himself as Australian too, but will point out he’s British.

  21. siri says:

    He acted in The Count of Monte Cristo, so this could have been the inspiration. In Italian, Spanish, and Portugese it means ‘mountain’. Carice stated many years ago, she wanted to be a mother, so I’m not really surprised by how fast this all went.

  22. Clairej says:

    Beautiful couple wow! I love the name – I wanted the same for one of my boys, but my partner said no 🙁