xyr

Xyr is a pronoun that serves the same grammatical function as his or her, except that it’s gender-neutral. Xyr is typically used by people who identify as nonbinary or genderqueer, meaning that their gender identify falls outside of the strict binary of only male or only female.

For those who identify in one of these ways and who are deciding which pronouns to use, there are a lot of options.

Some pronouns similar to xyr include xir, xis, zir, zhir, sier, cir, vir, and hir. The most commonly used is nonbinary their.

However, it should be noted that these shouldn’t be considered synonyms of xyr in the sense that they are interchangeable when referring to the same person—the pronouns the person has specified are the ones that should be used.

Xyr is often used as part of the xe/xem/xyr set of pronouns, but it is sometimes also used as part of other, similar sets, such as xie/xem/xyr.

In the next section, we’ll break down some of the nonbinary pronoun sets that people use.