Bayard (given name)

Bayard is a masculine given name. Bearers of the name include:

People

 * Bayard Clarke (1815–1884), United States Representative from New York
 * Bayard Elfvin (born 1981), American assistant Northwestern University soccer coach and retired goalkeeper
 * Bayard H. Faulkner (1894–1983), American politician from New Jersey, mayor of Montclair, New Jersey
 * Bayard Johnson (1952–2016), American film director
 * Bayard Rustin (1912–1987), American civil rights activist, mentor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
 * Bayard Schieffelin (1903–1989), an American philanthropist and director of the New York Public Library
 * Herbert Bayard Swope (1882–1958), American editor and journalist
 * Bayard Taylor (1825–1878), American author from Pennsylvania
 * Bayard Veiller (1869–1943), American screenwriter, producer and film director

Fictional characters

 * Bayard Delavel, in Elinor Glyn's novel The Great Moment and the movie The Great Moment
 * Bayard Hamar, the bloodhound in Tim Burton's 2010 film Alice In Wonderland
 * Bayard Sartoris, two related men in William Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County series of novels, first appearing in Sartoris
 * Bayard, the hunter who is opposed to the WWE building a city in his forest in the film Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery