Ace
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: Azo 1086 DB; Asce Halvecniht 1213 Cur (Ha); Benedict, John Ace 1230 Cl (Ha), 1246– 89 Bart (Lo); Geoffrey Aze 1296 SRSx. OFr Ace, Asse, OG Azo, Atso, hypocoristics of compounds in Adal-
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/eɪs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ace is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 9.8K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 29K
- SGSingapore≈1 in 27K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Ace itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 339 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 9.8K (inferred from the name graph)
≈15,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Аце in MK North Macedonia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Azo 1086 DB; Asce Halvecniht 1213 Cur (Ha); Benedict, John Ace 1230 Cl (Ha), 1246– 89 Bart (Lo); Geoffrey Aze 1296 SRSx. OFr Ace, Asse, OG Azo, Atso, hypocoristics of compounds in Adal-.
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.
How Ace is read(measured from records)
Ace is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English49%
Azo 1086 DB; Asce Halvecniht 1213 Cur (Ha); Benedict, John Ace 1230 Cl (Ha), 1246– 89 Bart (Lo); Geoffrey Aze 1296 SRSx. OFr Ace, Asse, OG Azo, Atso, hypocoristics of compounds in Adal-.
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
A playing card showing a single pip, typically the highest or lowest ranking card in a game.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
highest card
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- Spanish20%
ace (point scored without the opponent hitting the ball)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Hindi14%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Ace in Hindi.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ace counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 91K | — | Ace | 24 |
| US United States | — | 11,608 | 1 in 29K | 11K | Ace | 339 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 9.8K | 19K | Ace | 117 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 45K | — | Ace | 28 |
| MK North Macedonia | #504 | 850as Аце | 1 in 2.5K | 850 | Аце | 13 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 27K | — | Ace | 44 |
| HK Hong Kong | — | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 38K | — | Ace | 13 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Top 500 First Names in the Philippines (PSA FOI response, tracking; State Statistical Office — living population names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ace is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Indonesian, elder sister in Chinese communities
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Portuguese, ace (tennis: point scored without the opponent hitting the ball)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ace Adamsb. 1910USAmerican baseball player (1910-2006)
- Michael DeLanob. 1940USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor
- Ace Maskb. 1948USAmerican actor
- Ace Rusevskib. 1956MKYugoslavian boxer (born 1956)
- Ace Magashuleb. 1959ZASouth African politician
- Robert "Ace" Barbersb. 1969PHPhilippine politician
- Ace Atkinsb. 1970USAmerican writer
- Ace Youngb. 1980USAmerican singer-songwriter
- Ace Austinb. 1997USAmerican professional wrestler
- Ace Baileyb. 2006USAmerican basketball player (born 2006)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 55 sources across 26 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.3K | #21,109 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.2K | #21,707 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.1K | #22,745 |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ace mean, and where does it come from?
- Azo 1086 DB; Asce Halvecniht 1213 Cur (Ha); Benedict, John Ace 1230 Cl (Ha), 1246– 89 Bart (Lo); Geoffrey Aze 1296 SRSx. OFr Ace, Asse, OG Azo, Atso, hypocoristics of compounds in Adal-. Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- Is Ace a male or female name?
- Ace is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Ace?
- In the etymology graph, Sasho is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Ace have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 15 thousand people named Ace in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ace.
- How do you pronounce Ace?
- A machine transcription gives /eɪs/ (IPA) for English.
- How common is the name Ace?
- In the United States, the national register counted 11,608 people named Ace in 2020, about 1 in 29 thousand residents.
- How common is Ace compared with other names?
- In North Macedonia, Ace is the 504th most common given name of 2,588 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/aceThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ace” — the 504th most common given name in North Macedonia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.