What is the plural of someone's name?

Question

That end in an "s"? Like the hat that belongs to Chris?

Answer 1

The hat that belongs to Chris is Chris' hat. The "Chris'" is pronounced "crisses".
The plural of Chris is Chrises. The plural of Gus is Guses. etc

Answer 2

Plural Of Names

Answer 3

Chris'

Answer 4

Chris'

Answer 5

Name Plural

Answer 6

When a family name (a proper noun) is pluralized, we almost always simply add an "s." So we go to visit the Smiths, the Kennedys, the Grays, etc.When a family name ends in s, x, ch, sh, or z, however, we form the plural by added -es, as in the Marches, the Joneses, the Maddoxes, the Bushes, the Rodriguezes. Do not form a family name plural by using an apostrophe; that device is reserved for creating possessive forms.

Answer 7

Plural or possessive? They are not the same. That is Chris' hat.
There are two Chrises in my class.

Answer 8

I am not sure if you are talking about 'plural'. However, if you are:

The hat that belongs to Chris. Singular both hat and Chris.
The hats that belong to the two Chris'. Plural.

Answer 9

Do you ask, Chris' or Chris's? The PLURAL form of someone whose name ends in 's'?

Like, 'Thomas' Johans, Yunis, Jonas, Beckams.

How many 'Thomas' / Thomas's are there? Two Thomas' / Thomas's. is Correct.. Two Chris's. This is the rule for Plural of a Name ending with 's'

For possessives, here are the rules governing Apostrophe & s:

On the Use of Apostrophe and 's' here are the rules:

) To show possession in nouns

We add an apostrophe and "s" after all singular nouns and after plural nouns that do not end in "s":

Susan’s book; Pete’s dog; the children’s toys; the men’s room.

2. We add an apostrophe without "s" after plural nouns ending in "s":

The Beckhams’ mansion; the dogs’ dinners. Jonas' questions, Thomas' doubts (!)

Another rule of using apostrophe to denote missing letters in abbreviations like : don't, can't, wouldn't, etc etc ( not relevant here)

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Answer 10

Can you all please stop with the apostrophes? You don t use apostrophes when you re making something plural, apostrophes are to show possession.

I would think Chrises is the plural of Chris. There is one Chris. There are two Chrises.

As said, apostrophe s are to show possession. "This hat is Chris s" works for the singular. For hats belonging to more than one Chris, you d have to put an apostrophe after Chrises - "These are the Chrises hats".

These are the Chrises s hats would also be valid, though I don t like it myself as there s too many Ss.

But whatever you choose, you categorically do not put apostrophes in to make things plural. "There are 2 Chris s" is completely wrong.