Corleto Monforte (Campanian: Curlète)[4] is a town and comune with 615 residents[5] in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.

Corleto Monforte gets its name from the Latin word coryletum,[6] meaning "a thicket of hazeltrees" (Corylus avellana).

"Monforte", from the Latin words mons fortis meaning "strong mountain", refers to the location's history as a fortification for feudal lords.

Some believe that Cornito, or Corneto, derives from cor nitidum, [Latin, meaning splendid heart]; others from the fact that the estate was abundant in horned animals [from Italian cornuto, meaning horned]; and, finally, others maintain that the town was called Cornito on account of the cornus arbor, as there were forests of dogwood (Cornus mas) in the area.

Following the ministerial agreement of June 30, 1862, the Town Council of Corleto replaced "at Fasanella" with the word "Monforte", effective after deliberation on November 18 of the same year.