Correct way to make a name plural

We have just recently had a discussion on this: Plurals for last names

There are differences of opinion. In my speaking and writing it would be Lemonses, just as you suggest.

If I had invited the late Jack Lemmon and his wife, I would have invited the Lemmons. But when I invite Brent and Whitney Lemons, I will have invited the Lemonses. I hear that Lemmon's wife was charming, and I am certain Lemons's wife is equally engaging. I hope one day to be invited to the Lemonses' house. Sadly, it is too late for me to be invited to the Lemmons' house.

brentlemons said:

Our last name is Lemons. How do we make this plural? Lemonses?

Just remember the old expression about "keeping up with the Joneses."

I agree that's the most common usage for plurals. We should add that any surname ending in any sibilant (s, x, ch, sh, or z) would also follow this rule. For example, I would address a letter to the Schultz family as to "The Schultzes."

Where I often get confused is with possessive corporate or team names. Like, How would you refer to the "Green Bay Packers" (a collective proper noun) in a possessive form? I'd probably go with "Packers'" but I'm not completely sure this is correct. And if it is, would it be pronounced "packers-iz" ???

I agree with Glenn completely on how to form the plural. I always simply think about how I would distinguish in speech between one Lemons and more than one Lemons. The correct answer, as Glenn stated, is that, if there is more than one person whose last name is "Lemons", they are collectively "Lemonses". Of course, in conversation it will always sound singular, because pronouncing "Lemonses" (LE-mun-ziz) is a little awkward, though not prohibitively so.

Anyway, I posted to respond to Heimhenge. The proper pronunciation for either Green Bay Packers or Packers fans is "losers". It's a difficult phonetic stretch, but any Vikes fan (born in Milwaukee but raised in Edina, Minn.) would agree. . . . On the linguistic note, the term "Packers" is not plural; it is the name of a singular collective. So, strictly, it should be the "Packers's" and it should sound like it looks.