Actaea

Gender: Feminine
Origin: Greek
Meaning: “sea shore.”
Ἀκταία
(ahk-TAY-ah)

In Greek mythology, the name is borne by both a Nereid, (known as the Nereid of the sea shore) and is also borne by a Danaid, a daughter of Danaus and Pereia. She became the wife of Periphas.

It is also the name of a flower.

Another form is the Lithuanian Aktaja.