Abbé | Cleveland Abbe | La Faute de l'Abbé Mouret | Abbe Mowshowitz | Abbé Faria | abbé | Pont-l'Abbé | Maurice L'Abbé | Jean-Bernard, abbé Le Blanc |
The asteroid is named for Jacques Desforges (1723–1791), a French priest who was imprisoned for eight months in 1758 in the Bastille, during which time he planned the construction of a flying machine.