Well thank you for enlightening me.

The first drop down (which is dependent on the userform) would have options that are unique but also some options that are repeated.

As an example, say I have a dropdown with options that are car models and a dependent dropdown that lists features. Some car models would have the same features and the features need to be listed more than once under different models. I hope that makes sense?

Perhaps there is some way to reuse a display name? maybe use the associated value to reference it again on another case?

Thank you again for your time and expertise!