Stoddard is English Occupational surname meaning Standard Bearer. Notable people with the surname include:
Stoddard (baseball), baseball player
Arthur Francis Stoddard (1810-1882) carpet manufacturer and philanthropist
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
Corinne Stoddard (b. 2001), American speedskater
Elliott J. Stoddard (fl. 1919–1933), inventor of Stoddard engine
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 Isaac T. Stoddard (1851–1914), American businessman James Stoddard (author) (fl. 1985–), 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; father of Lothrop John W. Stoddard (1837–1917), American manufacturer of cars and farm tools Joshua C. Stoddard (1814–1902), American inventor of steam calliope Lavinia Stoddard (1787–1820), American poet, school founder Lothrop Stoddard (1883–1950), American white supremacist, son of John Lawson Malcolm Stoddard (b. 1948), British television actor Mark Stoddard (b. 1954), American voice actor Mary Stoddard (1852–1901), Scottish-born artist who spent twenty years in Australia 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), punk 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 Whitney Stoddard (1913-2003), prominent American art historian and educator
Fictional characters: Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, character in the television series Dark Shadows