It is named after the French mathematician, physicist, naturalist, sailor Jean-Charles de Borda (1733-1799).
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His colleagues at the academy asked Charles de Borda and Achille Pierre Dionis du Séjour (1734–1794) to examine the unfinished manuscript.
He disagreed strongly with the alternative method of aggregating preferences put forth by Jean-Charles de Borda (based on summed rankings of alternatives).