AES was developed by two Belgian cryptographers, JoanDaemen[?] and Vincent Rijmen[?].
It is also known by the name of the original submission "Rijndael", something best pronounced by non Dutch speakers more or less as "Rhine dahl" (a long "i" and a silent "e").
Daemen and Rijmen have announced that, for those who object, that they have several other names, even more impossible for non Dutch speakers, ready.