Yagoda is a Russian surname meaning "berry". However, there is a change in stress and thus pronunciation—the surname is stressed Яго́да, and the word for "berry" is я́года. It also may be a Russian version of the name Yehuda ( Judah). Notable people with the surname include: *

Genrikh Yagoda Genrikh Grigoryevich Yagoda ( rus, Ге́нрих Григо́рьевич Яго́да, Genrikh Grigor'yevich Yagoda, born Yenokh Gershevich Iyeguda; 7 November 1891 – 15 March 1938) was a Soviet secret police official who served as director ...

(1891–1938), Soviet state security official * Ben Yagoda (born 1954), American professor of journalism *

Myroslav Yagoda Myroslav Yahoda, sometime transliterated as Yagoda ( uk, Мирослав Якович Я́года; 23 August 1957 – 11 March 2018) was a Ukrainian painter, graphic artist, poet, novelist, playwright and set designer. The "Ukrainian Goya" – ...

(1957–2018), Ukrainian artist

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