Ives rhymes with:
arrives, chives, deprives, derives, dives, drive's, drives, five's, fives, gonaives, hives, knives, lives', revives, rives, shives, strives, survives, thrives, vives, wives, wives'
Ives sounds like:
ibach, ibex, ibis, ifas, ifs, ipco, ipock, ipsco, ivaco, ivax