I love [name_m]Rhys[/name_m]! And with [name_m]Ford[/name_m] as a sibling I prefer [name_m]Rhys[/name_m] still to [name_m]August[/name_m]
The only other spellings besides [name_m]Rhys[/name_m] and [name_m]Reece[/name_m] that I can think of [name_f]Reese[/name_f]. And even then [name_m]Rhys[/name_m] is still my favourite spelling
I wouldn’t worry too much about [name_m]Rhys[/name_m] being mistakenly said as rice because I’ve seen it become way more known recently (when I first saw the name I thought it was pronounced rise not rice so I don’t know if that makes it any better.) He’ll also be introducing himself to people when he’s older too and it’s not a hard name to pronounce so I doubt it will be mispronounced that often