Ayce is a modern spelling of Ace, the English word for the highest playing card and, by extension, for someone who is "the best" or an "expert"; it goes back to the Latin as, a unit or single thing. The y spelling matches names such as Jayce and Kayce. In the United States Ayce rose from number 4304 in 2015 to a peak of number 1635 in 2021 and stands at number 2128 among boys' names in 2025.