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Around the world, Bayard (Bayard , ביאר , Байяр ) is quite a rare mostly male, but uncommonly female given name. The forename Bayard is habitual in Cameroon, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Haiti, where it is quite a rare feminine name, and Afghanistan, where it is a rare male name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in the United States, Cameroon, and Haiti. More frequently, Bayard is the last name as well as the forename.
Bayard is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Bayard , the legendary magical horse in chivalric romance and Bayard , the character from Alice in Wonderland.