Origin of the Name "England": Land of the Angles (9th Century)

England derives from Englaland → "Land of the Angles."

Timeline

• 5th–6th c.: Angles (Germanic tribe from Jutland) settle eastern Britain with Saxons, Jutes.
• 9th c.: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (897) uses Angelcynn ("Angle-kin/people").
• 10th c.: Englaland appears (charters of Æthelstan, first king of unified England).
• 11th c.: Englisc = language; Englisc/Engleis = people.

The Angles gave their name to the country (England), the language (English), and the people (English)—uniquely among Germanic tribes (Saxons → Wessex/Essex/Sussex; Jutes → Kent).