Since the name "Hilleviones" only appear in Pliny, several attempts have been made to connect the name with different tribes mentioned in other classical texts and with different ethnic groups of the modern era. A solution offered by some late 19th century and early 20th century scholars is that "Hilleviones" is a corruption of the phrase "ille" and "(S)uiones", but this approach requires an alteration of the original text. (Similar references to "textual errors" or "corruption of the archetype manuscript" were also used by early 20th century scholars in order to equate Ptolemy's "Leuonoi" with the "Suiones" mentioned by Tacitus.)