diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8afdab2..1c9d8b4 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -352,6 +352,12 @@
         "moment": ">=2.14.0"
       }
     },
+    "@types/pluralize": {
+      "version": "0.0.29",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/pluralize/-/pluralize-0.0.29.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-BYOID+l2Aco2nBik+iYS4SZX0Lf20KPILP5RGmM1IgzdwNdTs0eebiFriOPcej1sX9mLnSoiNte5zcFxssgpGA==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "@types/prettier": {
       "version": "1.18.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/prettier/-/prettier-1.18.3.tgz",
@@ -4217,6 +4223,11 @@
         "semver-compare": "^1.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "pluralize": {
+      "version": "8.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pluralize/-/pluralize-8.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Nc3IT5yHzflTfbjgqWcCPpo7DaKy4FnpB0l/zCAW0Tc7jxAiuqSxHasntB3D7887LSrA93kDJ9IXovxJYxyLCA=="
+    },
     "postgres-array": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/postgres-array/-/postgres-array-2.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 40e1ba1..718351f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     "mssql": "^5.1.0",
     "mysql": "^2.17.1",
     "pg": "^7.12.0",
+    "pluralize": "^8.0.0",
     "prettier": "^1.18.2",
     "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.13",
     "sqlite3": "^4.0.9",
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@
     "@types/node": "^12.6.9",
     "@types/oracledb": "^3.1.3",
     "@types/pg": "^7.4.14",
+    "@types/pluralize": "0.0.29",
     "@types/prettier": "^1.18.3",
     "@types/sinon": "^7.0.13",
     "@types/sqlite3": "^3.1.5",
diff --git a/src/NamingStrategy.ts b/src/NamingStrategy.ts
index 42bd127..38423a7 100644
--- a/src/NamingStrategy.ts
+++ b/src/NamingStrategy.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { plural } from "pluralize";
 import AbstractNamingStrategy from "./AbstractNamingStrategy";
 import { Relation } from "./models/Relation";
 import { RelationId } from "./models/RelationId";
@@ -22,7 +23,9 @@ export default class NamingStrategy extends AbstractNamingStrategy {
         if (!Number.isNaN(parseInt(columnName[columnName.length - 1], 10))) {
             columnName = columnName.substring(0, columnName.length - 1);
         }
-        columnName += isRelationToMany ? "s" : "";
+        if (isRelationToMany) {
+            columnName = plural(columnName);
+        }
 
         return columnName;
     }
@@ -52,8 +55,9 @@ export default class NamingStrategy extends AbstractNamingStrategy {
         if (!Number.isNaN(parseInt(columnName[columnName.length - 1], 10))) {
             columnName = columnName.substring(0, columnName.length - 1);
         }
-        columnName += isRelationToMany ? "s" : "";
-
+        if (isRelationToMany) {
+            columnName = plural(columnName);
+        }
         return columnName;
     }
 
diff --git a/test/integration/examples/sample18-lazy-relations/entity/Category.ts b/test/integration/examples/sample18-lazy-relations/entity/Category.ts
index 1f90c4f..4b7632f 100644
--- a/test/integration/examples/sample18-lazy-relations/entity/Category.ts
+++ b/test/integration/examples/sample18-lazy-relations/entity/Category.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export class Category {
     @Column()
     name: string;
 
-    @ManyToMany(type => Post, post => post.categorys, {
+    @ManyToMany(type => Post, post => post.categories, {
         lazy: true
     })
     posts: Promise<Post[]>;
diff --git a/test/integration/examples/sample18-lazy-relations/entity/Post.ts b/test/integration/examples/sample18-lazy-relations/entity/Post.ts
index e5418d6..0209d7e 100644
--- a/test/integration/examples/sample18-lazy-relations/entity/Post.ts
+++ b/test/integration/examples/sample18-lazy-relations/entity/Post.ts
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ export class Post {
         // cascade: true
     })
     @JoinTable()
-    categorys: Promise<Category[]>;
+    categories: Promise<Category[]>;
 }
diff --git a/test/integration/examples/sample4-many-to-many/entity/Post.ts b/test/integration/examples/sample4-many-to-many/entity/Post.ts
index 5c2a680..a3e219c 100644
--- a/test/integration/examples/sample4-many-to-many/entity/Post.ts
+++ b/test/integration/examples/sample4-many-to-many/entity/Post.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export class Post {
         // cascade: true
     })
     @JoinTable()
-    postCategorys: PostCategory[];
+    postCategories: PostCategory[];
 
     // post has relation with details. cascade inserts here means if new PostDetails instance will be set to this
     // relation it will be inserted automatically to the db when you save this Post entity
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export class Post {
     // it will be inserted automatically to the db when you save this Post entity
     @ManyToMany(type => PostMetadata, metadata => metadata.posts)
     @JoinTable()
-    postMetadatas: PostMetadata[];
+    postMetadata: PostMetadata[];
 
     // post has relation with details. full cascades here
     @ManyToMany(type => PostInformation, information => information.posts, {
diff --git a/test/integration/examples/sample4-many-to-many/entity/PostMetadata.ts b/test/integration/examples/sample4-many-to-many/entity/PostMetadata.ts
index 9bb0f38..280ff53 100644
--- a/test/integration/examples/sample4-many-to-many/entity/PostMetadata.ts
+++ b/test/integration/examples/sample4-many-to-many/entity/PostMetadata.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,24 @@
-import { PrimaryGeneratedColumn, Column, Entity, OneToOne, OneToMany, ManyToOne, ManyToMany, JoinColumn, JoinTable } from "typeorm";
-import {Post} from "./Post";
+import {
+    PrimaryGeneratedColumn,
+    Column,
+    Entity,
+    OneToOne,
+    OneToMany,
+    ManyToOne,
+    ManyToMany,
+    JoinColumn,
+    JoinTable
+} from "typeorm";
+import { Post } from "./Post";
 
 @Entity("PostMetadata")
 export class PostMetadata {
-
     @PrimaryGeneratedColumn()
     id: number;
 
     @Column()
     description: string;
 
-    @ManyToMany(type => Post, post => post.postMetadatas)
+    @ManyToMany(type => Post, post => post.postMetadata)
     posts: Post[];
-
 }