England takes its title from the Angles, a Germanic tribe.
 Early times had two northern kingdoms (Bernicia and Deira) and two midland ones (Middle Anglia and Mercia), which had by the seventh century resolved themselves into two Angle kingdoms, viz
During the fifth century, all Germanic tribes who invaded Britain were referred to as either Englisc, ngle or Engle, who were all speakers of Old English (which was known as Englisc, nglisc, or Anglisc)

