Board Thread:Misc./@comment-73.36.9.66-20160228140239/@comment-27441457-20160228195935

EternalLocket wrote: 75.176.164.75 wrote: Huh? I thought the name "Rivalle" was the translation error? You mean his name isn't Levi Ackerman? Rivalle is a translation error, if I'm not mistaken, it's actually a translation of his rank/title. But for whatever reason, people assumed it was his name.

I believe "Rivaille" came from the fact that Levi's kanji name リヴァイ is pronounced "Rivai" since Japanese speech uses the "R" sound in place of "L". From this, some would translate his name as "Rivaille" rather than "Levi" until the latter was proven to be the correct translation.