Kalmar "Bard of Avon" sunan laƙabi ne ga shahararren marubucin wasan kwaikwayo kuma mawaki William Shakespeare. “Bard” na nufin mawaƙi ne, musamman ma wanda ke tsara waƙa da kuma karanta waƙa, yayin da “Avon” ke nufin kogin Avon, wanda ya ratsa cikin garin Stratford-on-Avon, inda aka haifi Shakespeare kuma ya shafe tsawon rayuwarsa. Don haka, "Bard of Avon" da gaske yana nufin "mawaƙi daga Stratford-kan-Avon," kuma hanya ce ta gama gari don komawa zuwa Shakespeare.