My son is the 5th (yes, V). His initials spelled backwards are Ace. The variations of nicknames chosen by my husband's family after five generations with the same legal name have run the course and this seemed perfect for my son. He has really only been called Ace his entire life and somehow he has lived up to the name. It is a perfect gender neutral name. Sorry, I have my Ace and he is adored, a brilliant, popular, super successful and athletic teenager. The name has worked perfectly for him.
Ace is more of a dog name considering I had a relative with a Boston terrier called Ace that had brain cancer... everyone knew his name. I miss that doggo. So Ace is very special to me, but I like it on dogs.
Even if the name seems pretentious as hell when you look at the meaning, I love how it looks and sounds. It makes me think of a confident and generous, if a little impulsive man whenever I hear it. Then again, that may be just because I tend to associate this name with Ace Grit from Bakugan: New Vestroia, but oh well.
― Anonymous User 6/8/2016
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My name is Ace, derived from my Chinese name "Weiwei", meaning "the loftiest" or "the greatest", which is what Ace is. They're also phonetically similar.I'm a female but I still use the name, as does Ace from Doctor Who, the 7th Doctor's companion (And probably lover? But I digress!)I think this name is okay for anyone to use, male or female, young or old. It's unisex and pretty functional in any walk of life, especially so if one is a detective ;p.
― Anonymous User 4/17/2016
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I also happen to be asexual, and I feel like if I used this it would be like naming my child after my sexuality. It's a little weird, but I'm not completely opposed to it.
― Anonymous User 4/1/2016
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A diminutive of this is Acy.
― Anonymous User 10/22/2015
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I really like the name Ace! It's cool, it's different, it's got an edginess which makes it appealing plus it's got a retro vibe. Ace is great as a nickname AND it's also great when it's used as a legit forename. :-)
― Anonymous User 11/2/2014
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I had a baby boy, named him Ace, which is a different, strong, cool name, on 11.2.14, the same date you made the comment. Funny.
Nice name maybe Ace James? But if you think about it, it'd be better as a nickname!
― Anonymous User 5/24/2010
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This is really listed here? Seriously? If any parent seriously gave their child the legal name of "Ace", they should immediately be arrested for being complete retards.
It'd be cute on a dog, but I can't see why anyone would give this as a formal name to a human. A nickname, maybe; but putting 'Ace' on your kid's birth certificate is like putting 'Spike,' 'Fluffy,' or 'Uno,' down. Hell, might as well go with Fifi, if Ace ever gets a sibling.
To me, it sounds like the self-imposed nickname of a rather obnoxious and arrogant frat boy who thinks he's God's gift to women and the coolest person in the world. The name sounds quite infantile, and only works on young guys. Imagine this name on a 50-year-old guy who has really let himself go. I bet you find the thought amusing.