Stoddard is English Occupational surname meaning Standard Bearer. Notable people with the surname include:
Stoddard (baseball), baseball player
Bob Stoddard (Robert Lyle, b. 1957), major league baseball pitcher from San Jose
Charles Warren Stoddard (1843–1909), American author and traveler of the Pacific
Elizabeth Drew Stoddard née Barstow (1823–1902), American poet and novelist, wife of Richard Henry
George Stoddard (1917-2009), American real-estate financier
George D. Stoddard (1897-1981), American academic, President of the University of Illinois
Harry Galpin Stoddard (1873–1969), businessman who became president of Wyman & Gordon
Howard J. Stoddard (1901–1971), American banker
James Stoddard (author), American fantasy author
James Stoddard (sailor) (born 1838, date of death unknown), American sailor and namesake of USS Stoddard (DD-566)
John Lawson Stoddard (1850–1931), American writer of hymns and travelogues.
John W. Stoddard (1837–1917), American manufacturer of cars and farm tools
Joshua C. Stoddard (1814–1902), American inventor of calliope
Lothrop Stoddard (1883–1950), American eugenicist
Malcolm Stoddard (b. 1948), British television actor
Mark Stoddard (b. 1960), American voice actor
Michael Stoddard, American geographer and namesake of the Stoddard unit of measurement
Richard Henry Stoddard (1825–1903), American author and poet
Robert Stoddard (musician) (fl. 1980s), puck rock singer and guitarist
Robert Waring Stoddard (c. 1906–1984), former president of Wyman-Gordan and John Birch Society founder
Seneca Ray Stoddard (1844–1917), American landscape photographer
Solomon Stoddard (1643–1729), American Congregational preacher
Sophia D. Stoddard née Sarah D. Hazen (d. 1891), American educator, a principal of Mount Holyoke
Thomas Benton Stoddard (1800–1876), first mayor of La Crosse, Wisconsin; Wisconsin State Assembly and namesake of Stoddard, Wisconsin
Tim Stoddard (b. 1953), major league baseball pitcher from Chicago
Fictional characters:
Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, character in the television series Dark Shadows
