Bayard

Where Bayard comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Bayard.

  • 2 syllables
Bayard through the years
  1. 1825
    Bayard Taylor born
    United States poet, novelist and travel writer
  2. 1882
    Debut at its peak, #943
    #943 among boys with 5 babies in the first year it was published, and still its best.
  3. 1883
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1912
    Bayard Rustin born
    American civil rights activist
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Bayard Rustin · American civil rights activist, 1912–1987
  • Bayard Taylor · United States poet, novelist and travel writer, 1825–1878
  • Bayard Veiller · screenwriter, 1869–1943
  • Bayard Taylor Horton · American physician, 1895–1980
  • Bayard Dodge · American scholar of Islam, 1888–1972

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.