The original name was "Egalion", and its most accredited etymology comes from the ancient Enetric and Proto-Selucian aiges) that means "waves" and λέων (leon) "lion". Since the lion is associated to bravery, the name can be translated to something like "Brave nation battered by rough seas." The Enetric etymology is likely to have developed from Selucian migrations that brought the Egelonian language (a Selucian language).