England got its name from the Old English term Englaland , which means "land of the Angles." The Angles were one of the Germanic tribes that migrated to Great Britain during the Early Middle Ages, originating from the Angeln region in what is now northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein)
. The earliest recorded use of the name, as Engla londe , appears in a late 9th-century Old English translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People. Over time, Englaland came to mean the land inhabited by the English people, encompassing regions including parts of what is now southeastern Scotland during the kingdom of Northumbria
. The name "England" emerged around 1000 AD during the later Anglo-Saxon period when the English people began to see themselves as a single community bound by common descent, culture, language, and loyalty to the king. This was a period of political consolidation under the dynasty of Wessex and resistance to Scandinavian invasions. The term Engla land was attached to the kingdom of the English and has endured ever since
. Although the Angles were one of several Germanic tribes (including the Saxons and Jutes) who settled in Britain, the name of the Angles was chosen for the entire country, possibly because the Angles established powerful kingdoms and royal dynasties in the region. The Saxons, by contrast, had their own territory in continental Europe (Old Saxony), so naming the land after the Angles helped distinguish the English from continental Saxons
. In summary, England is named after the Angles, whose name was adopted to describe the land they settled and ruled, evolving from Englaland to the modern "England."
