Masamba

Also means "leaves" (the singular form is tsamba, ma- gives the plural) in Chichewa, a related Bantu language. Usually refers to greens like cabbage or pumpkin leaves. Chiyao is spoken in the same region as Chichewa and both are a common second language to the other. I.e. a lot of Chiyao speakers also speak Chichewa. However it must be an unusual given name as I've never come across it.

When it says it means "leaves," does that refer to the verb leave, or to physical leaves, from a tree?
[from a tree -ed]