Spanish: habitational name from Toro in Zamora province, called
Campos Gotorum in the Middle Ages.Spanish: nickname from
toro ‘bull’ (usually in the form Del Toro).Italian: nickname for a lusty person or a metonymic occupational
name for a tender of bulls, from Italian toro ‘bull’ (Latin
taurus).Italian: from a short form of the personal name
Ristoro.Estonian or Finnish: unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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