Yagoda () is a Russian surname meaning "berry". However, there is a change in stress and thus pronunciation—the Russian surname is stressed Яго́да, and the word for "berry" is я́года. It also may be a Russian version of the name Yaguda/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
See also
Jagoda Jahoda