diff --git a/packages/SettingsLib/res/values/arrays.xml b/packages/SettingsLib/res/values/arrays.xml
index 3adb882bc1b1a..3252aad6262ff 100644
--- a/packages/SettingsLib/res/values/arrays.xml
+++ b/packages/SettingsLib/res/values/arrays.xml
@@ -660,4 +660,20 @@
         <item>2.0</item>
     </string-array>
 
+    <!-- Grammatical genders -->
+    <array name="grammatical_gender_entries">
+        <item>@string/not_specified</item>
+        <item>@string/neuter</item>
+        <item>@string/feminine</item>
+        <item>@string/masculine</item>
+    </array>
+
+    <!-- Values for grammatical genders -->
+    <string-array name="grammatical_gender_values">
+        <item>0</item>
+        <item>1</item>
+        <item>2</item>
+        <item>3</item>
+    </string-array>
+
 </resources>
diff --git a/packages/SettingsLib/res/values/strings.xml b/packages/SettingsLib/res/values/strings.xml
index 60bc226b5af57..dab3bcb9ed9c2 100644
--- a/packages/SettingsLib/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/packages/SettingsLib/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -1678,4 +1678,13 @@
 
     <!-- Formatting states for the scale of font size, in percent. Double "%" is required to represent the symbol "%". [CHAR LIMIT=20] -->
     <string name="font_scale_percentage"> <xliff:g id="percentage">%1$d</xliff:g> %%</string>
+
+    <!-- List entry in developer settings to set the grammatical gender to Not specified [CHAR LIMIT=30]-->
+    <string name="not_specified">Not specified</string>
+    <!-- List entry in developer settings to set the grammatical gender to Neuter [CHAR LIMIT=30]-->
+    <string name="neuter">Neuter</string>
+    <!-- List entry in developer settings to set the grammatical gender to Feminine [CHAR LIMIT=30]-->
+    <string name="feminine">Feminine</string>
+    <!-- List entry in developer settings to set the grammatical gender to Masculine [CHAR LIMIT=30]-->
+    <string name="masculine">Masculine</string>
 </resources>