Bayard is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
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 Rustin (1912–1987), American civil rights activist, mentor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Bayard Taylor (1825–1878), American author from Pennsylvania
Bayard Veiller (1869–1943), American screenwriter, producer and film director
Fictional characters include:
Bayard Hamar, the bloodhound in Tim Burton's 2010 film Alice In Wonderland
Bayard Sartoris, the name of two generations of men in William Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County series of novels, first appearing in Sartoris
Bayard Delavel, the engineer and Nadine Pelham's love and husband in Elinor Glyn's novel The Great Moment and the movie The Great Moment
