Yagoda
Yagoda is Russian surname meaning "berry". However, there is a change in stress and thus pronunciation—surname is stressed Яго́да, and the berry is Я́года. It also may be a Russian version of the name Yehuda (Judah).
Notable people with the surname include:
- Genrikh Yagoda (1891–1938), Soviet state security official
- Ben Yagoda (born 1954), American professor of journalism
- Myroslav Yagoda (1957–2018), Ukrainian artist
See also[]
- Jagoda
- Yagoda, Sri Lanka, town in Sri Lanka
Categories:
- Surnames
- Russian-language surnames
- Jewish surnames