BepiColombo is named after Giuseppe "Bepi" Colombo (1920–1984), a scientist, mathematician and engineer at the University of Padua, Italy, who first implemented the interplanetary gravity-assist manoeuvre during the 1974 Mariner 10 mission, a technique now commonly used by planetary probes.
BepiColombo je pomenovaná po Giuseppe "Bepi" Colombo (1920-1984), vedec, matematik a inžinier na University of Padova, Taliansko, ktorý implementoval gravitačný-manéver na misiu 1974 Mariner 10 , techniku, ktorá sa dnes bežne používa pre planetárne sondy.