Yagoda

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 (1891–1938), Soviet state security official
 * Ben Yagoda (born 1954), American professor of journalism
 * Myroslav Yagoda (1957–2018), Ukrainian artist
 * Marvin Yagoda (1938-2017), founder of Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum