diff --git a/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/Search/AbstractSearch.php b/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/Search/AbstractSearch.php
index c4e0fecd9..a7c81d5bf 100644
--- a/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/Search/AbstractSearch.php
+++ b/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/Search/AbstractSearch.php
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ abstract class AbstractSearch implements SearchInterface
                 $recomposed .= ' '.$term.':';
                 $containsSpace = str_contains((string) $terms[$term], ' ');
 
-                if ($containsSpace) {
+                if ($containsSpace || is_numeric($terms[$term])) {
                     $recomposed .= '"';
                 }
                 $recomposed .= (false === mb_stristr(' ', (string) $terms[$term])) ? $terms[$term] : '('.$terms[$term].')';
 
-                if ($containsSpace) {
+                if ($containsSpace || is_numeric($terms[$term])) {
                     $recomposed .= '"';
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/Repository/PersonACLAwareRepository.php b/src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/Repository/PersonACLAwareRepository.php
index 9e76dd374..686022ca3 100644
--- a/src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/Repository/PersonACLAwareRepository.php
+++ b/src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/Repository/PersonACLAwareRepository.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ final readonly class PersonACLAwareRepository implements PersonACLAwareRepositor
         ?\DateTimeInterface $birthdate = null,
         ?\DateTimeInterface $birthdateBefore = null,
         ?\DateTimeInterface $birthdateAfter = null,
-        ?string $gender = null,
+        ?int $gender = null,
         ?string $countryCode = null,
         ?string $phonenumber = null,
         ?string $city = null,
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ final readonly class PersonACLAwareRepository implements PersonACLAwareRepositor
         ?\DateTimeInterface $birthdate = null,
         ?\DateTimeInterface $birthdateBefore = null,
         ?\DateTimeInterface $birthdateAfter = null,
-        ?string $gender = null,
+        ?int $gender = null,
         ?string $countryCode = null,
         ?string $phonenumber = null,
         ?string $city = null,
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ final readonly class PersonACLAwareRepository implements PersonACLAwareRepositor
         ?\DateTimeInterface $birthdate = null,
         ?\DateTimeInterface $birthdateBefore = null,
         ?\DateTimeInterface $birthdateAfter = null,
-        ?string $gender = null,
+        ?int $gender = null,
         ?string $countryCode = null,
         ?string $phonenumber = null,
         ?string $city = null,
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ final readonly class PersonACLAwareRepository implements PersonACLAwareRepositor
         }
 
         if (null !== $gender) {
-            $query->andWhereClause('person.gender = ?', [$gender]);
+            $query->andWhereClause('person.gender_id = ?', [$gender]);
         }
 
         return $query;
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ final readonly class PersonACLAwareRepository implements PersonACLAwareRepositor
         ?\DateTimeInterface $birthdate = null,
         ?\DateTimeInterface $birthdateBefore = null,
         ?\DateTimeInterface $birthdateAfter = null,
-        ?string $gender = null,
+        ?int $gender = null,
         ?string $countryCode = null,
         ?string $phonenumber = null,
         ?string $city = null,
diff --git a/src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/Repository/PersonACLAwareRepositoryInterface.php b/src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/Repository/PersonACLAwareRepositoryInterface.php
index 7a45d6648..50fdcd4b3 100644
--- a/src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/Repository/PersonACLAwareRepositoryInterface.php
+++ b/src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/Repository/PersonACLAwareRepositoryInterface.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ interface PersonACLAwareRepositoryInterface
         ?\DateTimeInterface $birthdate = null,
         ?\DateTimeInterface $birthdateBefore = null,
         ?\DateTimeInterface $birthdateAfter = null,
-        ?string $gender = null,
+        ?int $gender = null,
         ?string $countryCode = null,
         ?string $phonenumber = null,
         ?string $city = null,
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ interface PersonACLAwareRepositoryInterface
         ?\DateTimeInterface $birthdate = null,
         ?\DateTimeInterface $birthdateBefore = null,
         ?\DateTimeInterface $birthdateAfter = null,
-        ?string $gender = null,
+        ?int $gender = null,
         ?string $countryCode = null,
         ?string $phonenumber = null,
         ?string $city = null,
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ interface PersonACLAwareRepositoryInterface
         ?\DateTimeInterface $birthdate = null,
         ?\DateTimeInterface $birthdateBefore = null,
         ?\DateTimeInterface $birthdateAfter = null,
-        ?string $gender = null,
+        ?int $gender = null,
         ?string $countryCode = null,
         ?string $phonenumber = null,
         ?string $city = null,
diff --git a/src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/Resources/views/Entity/person.html.twig b/src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/Resources/views/Entity/person.html.twig
index d59de28a4..380a17fa2 100644
--- a/src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/Resources/views/Entity/person.html.twig
+++ b/src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/Resources/views/Entity/person.html.twig
@@ -86,9 +86,7 @@
         </div>
         {%- if options['addInfo'] -%}
             <p class="moreinfo">
-                {{ person.gender.icon|chill_entity_render_box }}
-{#                <i class="{{ person.gender.icon.value }}" title="{{ person.gender.label|localize_translatable_string }}"></i>#}
-
+                {% if person.gender is not null %}{{ person.gender.icon|chill_entity_render_box }}{% endif %}
             {%- if person.deathdate is not null -%}
                 {%- if person.birthdate is not null -%}
                     {# must be on one line to avoid spaces with dash #}
diff --git a/src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/Search/PersonSearch.php b/src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/Search/PersonSearch.php
index 16a036cea..4e16bfb56 100644
--- a/src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/Search/PersonSearch.php
+++ b/src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/Search/PersonSearch.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace Chill\PersonBundle\Search;
 use Chill\MainBundle\Form\Type\ChillDateType;
 use Chill\MainBundle\Form\Type\ChillPhoneNumberType;
 use Chill\MainBundle\Pagination\PaginatorFactory;
+use Chill\MainBundle\Repository\GenderRepository;
 use Chill\MainBundle\Search\AbstractSearch;
 use Chill\MainBundle\Search\HasAdvancedSearchFormInterface;
 use Chill\MainBundle\Search\ParsingException;
@@ -36,7 +37,14 @@ class PersonSearch extends AbstractSearch implements HasAdvancedSearchFormInterf
         'birthdate-after', 'gender', 'nationality', 'phonenumber', 'city',
     ];
 
-    public function __construct(private readonly \Twig\Environment $templating, private readonly ExtractDateFromPattern $extractDateFromPattern, private readonly ExtractPhonenumberFromPattern $extractPhonenumberFromPattern, private readonly PaginatorFactory $paginatorFactory, private readonly PersonACLAwareRepositoryInterface $personACLAwareRepository) {}
+    public function __construct(
+        private readonly \Twig\Environment $templating,
+         private readonly ExtractDateFromPattern $extractDateFromPattern,
+         private readonly ExtractPhonenumberFromPattern $extractPhonenumberFromPattern,
+         private readonly PaginatorFactory $paginatorFactory,
+         private readonly PersonACLAwareRepositoryInterface $personACLAwareRepository,
+         private readonly GenderRepository $genderRepository,
+         ) {}
 
     public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder)
     {
@@ -87,7 +95,7 @@ class PersonSearch extends AbstractSearch implements HasAdvancedSearchFormInterf
 
         $string .= !isset($data['_default']) ? '' : $data['_default'].' ';
 
-        foreach (['firstname', 'lastname', 'gender', 'city'] as $key) {
+        foreach (['firstname', 'lastname', 'city'] as $key) {
             $string .= !isset($data[$key]) ? '' : $key.':'.
                 // add quote if contains spaces
                 (str_contains((string) $data[$key], ' ') ? '"'.$data[$key].'"' : $data[$key])
@@ -103,6 +111,7 @@ class PersonSearch extends AbstractSearch implements HasAdvancedSearchFormInterf
 
         $string .= !isset($data['phonenumber']) ? '' : 'phonenumber:'.$data['phonenumber']->getNationalNumber();
 
+        $string .= !isset($data['gender']) ? '' : 'gender:"'.$data['gender']->getId().'"';
         return $string;
     }
 
@@ -110,7 +119,7 @@ class PersonSearch extends AbstractSearch implements HasAdvancedSearchFormInterf
     {
         $data = [];
 
-        foreach (['firstname', 'lastname', 'gender', '_default', 'phonenumber', 'city'] as $key) {
+        foreach (['firstname', 'lastname', '_default', 'phonenumber', 'city'] as $key) {
             $data[$key] = $terms[$key] ?? null;
         }
 
@@ -137,6 +146,10 @@ class PersonSearch extends AbstractSearch implements HasAdvancedSearchFormInterf
             $data['phonenumber'] = $phonenumber;
         }
 
+        if (array_key_exists('gender', $terms)) {
+            $data['gender'] = $this->genderRepository->find((int) $terms['gender']);
+        }
+
         return $data;
     }
 
@@ -256,7 +269,7 @@ class PersonSearch extends AbstractSearch implements HasAdvancedSearchFormInterf
                 $birthdate,
                 $birthdateBefore,
                 $birthdateAfter,
-                $gender,
+                null !== $gender ? (int) $gender : null,
                 $countryCode,
                 $phonenumber,
                 $city
@@ -316,7 +329,7 @@ class PersonSearch extends AbstractSearch implements HasAdvancedSearchFormInterf
                 $birthdate,
                 $birthdateBefore,
                 $birthdateAfter,
-                $gender,
+                null !== $gender ? (int) $gender : null,
                 $countryCode,
                 $phonenumber,
                 $city