Translation of French Souverain, a topographic name from Old
French souverain ‘high place’, or an occupational name for a
leader or supervisor or a nickname for a domineering person, from the
same word in the sense ‘superior’, ‘director’, ‘chief’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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