diff --git a/multicodec/__init__.py b/multicodec/__init__.py
index d927c66..beab8b1 100644
--- a/multicodec/__init__.py
+++ b/multicodec/__init__.py
@@ -13,6 +13,28 @@
     known_codes,
 )
 
+# Curated named codec constants (full set: multicodec.code_table)
+from .code_table import (
+    CIDV1,
+    DAG_CBOR,
+    DAG_JSON,
+    DAG_PB,
+    ED25519_PUB,
+    IDENTITY,
+    IP4,
+    IP6,
+    LIBP2P_PEER_RECORD,
+    RAW,
+    SECP256K1_PUB,
+    SHA1,
+    SHA2_256,
+    SHA2_512,
+    SHA3_256,
+    SHA3_512,
+    TCP,
+    UDP,
+)
+
 # Exceptions
 from .exceptions import (
     CodecError,
@@ -42,9 +64,28 @@
 )
 
 __all__ = [
+    # Named codec constants (curated)
+    "CIDV1",
+    "DAG_CBOR",
+    "DAG_JSON",
+    "DAG_PB",
+    "ED25519_PUB",
+    "IDENTITY",
+    "IP4",
+    "IP6",
+    "LIBP2P_PEER_RECORD",
+    "RAW",
     # Constants
     "RESERVED_END",
     "RESERVED_START",
+    "SECP256K1_PUB",
+    "SHA1",
+    "SHA2_256",
+    "SHA2_512",
+    "SHA3_256",
+    "SHA3_512",
+    "TCP",
+    "UDP",
     # Code type
     "Code",
     # Serialization base classes
diff --git a/newsfragments/46.feature.rst b/newsfragments/46.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fa9bd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/46.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Re-export commonly used named codec constants from the top-level ``multicodec`` package.
diff --git a/tests/test_exports.py b/tests/test_exports.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc7c4d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_exports.py
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+"""Tests for curated top-level named codec constant exports."""
+
+import multicodec
+from multicodec import (
+    CIDV1,
+    DAG_CBOR,
+    DAG_JSON,
+    DAG_PB,
+    ED25519_PUB,
+    IDENTITY,
+    IP4,
+    IP6,
+    LIBP2P_PEER_RECORD,
+    RAW,
+    SECP256K1_PUB,
+    SHA1,
+    SHA2_256,
+    SHA2_512,
+    SHA3_256,
+    SHA3_512,
+    TCP,
+    UDP,
+    Code,
+)
+
+CURATED_CONSTANTS = [
+    (IDENTITY, 0x00, "identity"),
+    (SHA1, 0x11, "sha1"),
+    (SHA2_256, 0x12, "sha2-256"),
+    (SHA2_512, 0x13, "sha2-512"),
+    (SHA3_256, 0x16, "sha3-256"),
+    (SHA3_512, 0x14, "sha3-512"),
+    (DAG_PB, 0x70, "dag-pb"),
+    (DAG_CBOR, 0x71, "dag-cbor"),
+    (DAG_JSON, 0x129, "dag-json"),
+    (RAW, 0x55, "raw"),
+    (CIDV1, 0x01, "cidv1"),
+    (IP4, 0x04, "ip4"),
+    (IP6, 0x29, "ip6"),
+    (TCP, 0x06, "tcp"),
+    (UDP, 0x111, "udp"),
+    (ED25519_PUB, 0xED, "ed25519-pub"),
+    (SECP256K1_PUB, 0xE7, "secp256k1-pub"),
+    (LIBP2P_PEER_RECORD, 0x301, "libp2p-peer-record"),
+]
+
+
+def test_curated_constants_are_code_instances():
+    for const, prefix, name in CURATED_CONSTANTS:
+        assert isinstance(const, Code)
+        assert int(const) == prefix
+        assert const.name == name
+
+
+def test_curated_constants_in_all():
+    for const, _prefix, _name in CURATED_CONSTANTS:
+        names = [n for n in multicodec.__all__ if getattr(multicodec, n, None) is const]
+        assert len(names) == 1, f"Expected one __all__ entry for {const}"