A sovereign is the supreme lawmaking authority within a particular jurisdiction.

Sovereign may also refer to:

Buildings

  • Sovereign (building), a building in Burnaby, Canada
  • The Sovereign (a.k.a. Sovereign Apartments), residential skyscraper on the Upper East Side in Manhattan, New York City, USA.

Literature

  • Sovereign (Sansom novel), a 2006 novel by C. J. Sansom
  • Sovereign (Dekker and Lee novel), a 2013 novel by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee

Music

  • Sovereign (EP), a 2000 EP and song by Neurosis
  • Sovereign (album), a 2014 album by Michael W. Smith
  • Sovereign, a 2007 album by Arashk
  • Sovereign, a 2009 album by Tenet

Money

  • Sovereign (English coin), minted from 1489 to 1604
  • Sovereign (British coin), minted from 1817 to the present

Places

  • Sovereign, Saskatchewan, a community in Canada

Ships

  • Sovereign (1789 ship)
  • Sovereign (1793 ship)
  • Sovereign (1800 ship)
  • Sovereign (yacht), the unsuccessful challenger of the 1964 America's Cup
  • C.S. Sovereign, a DP2-type cable ship launched in 1991
  • HMS Sovereign, a list of English warships or British Royal Navy ships
  • MS Sovereign, a cruise ship of the Royal Caribbean line
  • USS Sovereign, a list of United States Navy ships
  • Sovereign-class cruise ship, a cruise ship class of Royal Caribbean
  • List of ships named Sovereign

Fictional

  • Sovereign Star Destroyer, a class of starship in Star Wars
  • Sovereign, the class of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)

Film and television

  • "Sovereign" (Sons of Anarchy), an episode of Sons of Anarchy
  • The Sovereign, Hercules's evil alter-ego in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
  • Sovereign, a character on The Venture Bros.
  • Sovereign (Marvel Cinematic Universe), a golden-skinned humanoid race
  • Sovereign (film), a 2025 film starring Nick Offerman

Video games

  • Sovereign (video game), a cancelled Sony Online Entertainment game
  • Sovereign, a sentient starship in the Mass Effect series
  • The Sovereign, a character in Rise of Incarnates

Other uses

  • Sovereign (horse) (born 2016), Irish racehorse
  • Cessna Citation Sovereign, a super mid-size business jet
  • Sovereign Bank, a bank in the United States
  • Sovereign Services, a former insurance company in New Zealand
  • Sovereign Pontiff, a title for the Pope
  • Sovereign wealth fund, a type of investment fund

See also

  • Fount of honour for honours and decorations
  • Head of state
  • Lady Sovereign (born 1985), MC and performing artist
  • Monarch, the sovereign of a monarchy
  • Royal Sovereign (disambiguation)
  • Sovereign citizen movement
  • Sovereign Hill, Victoria, Australia
  • Sovereign of the Seas (disambiguation)
  • The Sovereigns, a 2017 comic book
  • The Sovereigns (band), a 1960s British band
  • Sovereignty
  • Tribal sovereignty in the United States