Bayard is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
Bayard Clarke (1815–1884), United States Representative from New YorkBayard Elfvin (born 1981), American assistant Northwestern University soccer coach and retired goalkeeperBayard H. Faulkner (1894–1983), American politician from New Jersey, mayor of Montclair, New JerseyBayard Rustin (1912–1987), American civil rights activist, mentor of Martin Luther King, Jr.Bayard Taylor (1825–1878), American author from PennsylvaniaBayard Veiller (1869–1943), American screenwriter, producer and film directorFictional characters include:
Bayard Hamar, the bloodhound in Tim Burton's 2010 film Alice In WonderlandBayard Sartoris, the name of two generations of men in William Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County series of novels, first appearing in SartorisBayard Delavel, the engineer and Nadine Pelham's love and husband in Elinor Glyn's novel The Great Moment and the movie The Great Moment