No. It's only for 1 person. Not combined. Only if 1 spouse had several jobs and they went over the max. Each person is separate. The max is per person. So your max is 8854 and her max is 8854. Hope that clears it up.
That's why it's very important to enter each W2 under the right name. So you don't claim any excess on your return. That messes people up.
