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Widespread throughout Italy peninsular, should derive from the apheresis of diminutive names as Savior, Vittore, Nestor or Goshawk or even derive from place names such as Masi Torello (FE), Torello di Melizzano (BN), Torelli di Mercogliano (AV), Torella del Sannio (CB), et cetera.. The name Torello is also mentioned in the Decamerone of Boccaccio. Additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Torelli: In a Modena map of 1159 we record the name Taurellus, that is "little Bull", clearly derived from the nickname. Not all, however, the surnames Torelli, existing in Modena, have this origin, but different can be the form of (save) Torelli, by the staff Salvatore. F. Violi, surname in Modena and Modenese, 1996.
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