Angles (German: Angeln, Old English: Englas, Latin: Angli) were one of the Germanic peoples who migrated from continental Germany to Britain. That land was later called Engla-lond(In Old English - "Land of the Angles"), thus England. Thanks to the major influence of the Angles, the people of England are also known as Anglo-Saxons, and, of course English. and regions of the United Kingdom are known by names such as East Anglia.