Yakovenko Explained

Yakovenko, Iakovenko or Jakovenko (Cyrillic: Яковенко) is a gender-neutral surname of Ukrainian origin, derived from the first name Yakov (the Ukrainian equivalent of Jacob or James) and effectively means of Jacob/Jacob's. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alexander Yakovenko, multiple people
• Anastasia Chursina (née Yakovenko in 1995), Russian racing cyclist
• Boris Yakovenko (1884–1949), Russian philosopher
• Dmitry Jakovenko (born 1983) is a Russian chess player
• Dmytro Yakovenko (disambiguation), multiple people
• Dmitri Yakovenko (born 1981), Russian screenwriter and director
• Margaryta Yakovenko (born 1992), Spanish language journalist and novelist born in Tokmak, Ukraine.
• Mariya Yakovenko (born 1982), Russian javelin thrower
• Natalia Yakovenko (born 1942), Ukrainian historian, Doctor of Historical Sciences
• Nikolay Yakovenko (1941–2006), Russian wrestler
• Olha Iakovenko (born 1987), Ukrainian race walker
• Pavlo Yakovenko (born 1964), Ukrainian footballer
• Sergei Yakovenko (born 1976), Kazakhstani ice hockey player
• Serhiy Yakovenko (born 1975), Ukrainian football coach and a former player
• Tetiana Yakovenko (born 1954), Ukrainian poet and literary critic
• Yuriy Yakovenko (born 1993), Ukrainian footballer