diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e2bb7f4..fa1756a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ Useful for creating pseudo random bytes as rapidly as possible. Reuse of the sam
 
 ### Miscellaneous
 
-Constants (per module): KEYBYTES, NONCEBYTES, MACBYTES, MACBYTES_LONG, RATE, ALIGNMENT
+Constants (per module): NAME, KEYBYTES, NONCEBYTES, MACBYTES, MACBYTES_LONG, RATE, ALIGNMENT
 
 - random_key() -> bytearray (length KEYBYTES)
 - random_nonce() -> bytearray (length NONCEBYTES)
diff --git a/pyaegis/aegis128l.py b/pyaegis/aegis128l.py
index ac2e483..892006c 100644
--- a/pyaegis/aegis128l.py
+++ b/pyaegis/aegis128l.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from ._loader import ffi
 from ._loader import lib as _lib
 from .util import Buffer, new_aligned_struct, nonce_increment, wipe
 
+NAME = "AEGIS-128L"  #: Algorithm name
 KEYBYTES = 16  #: Key size in bytes (varies by algorithm)
 NONCEBYTES = 16  #: Nonce size in bytes (varies by algorithm)
 MACBYTES = 16  #: Normal MAC size (always 16)
@@ -797,6 +798,7 @@ def new_mac_state():
 
 __all__ = [
     # constants
+    "NAME",
     "KEYBYTES",
     "NONCEBYTES",
     "MACBYTES",
diff --git a/pyaegis/aegis128x2.py b/pyaegis/aegis128x2.py
index 7b1cedb..4d126af 100644
--- a/pyaegis/aegis128x2.py
+++ b/pyaegis/aegis128x2.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from ._loader import ffi
 from ._loader import lib as _lib
 from .util import Buffer, new_aligned_struct, nonce_increment, wipe
 
+NAME = "AEGIS-128X2"  #: Algorithm name
 KEYBYTES = 16  #: Key size in bytes (varies by algorithm)
 NONCEBYTES = 16  #: Nonce size in bytes (varies by algorithm)
 MACBYTES = 16  #: Normal MAC size (always 16)
@@ -797,6 +798,7 @@ def new_mac_state():
 
 __all__ = [
     # constants
+    "NAME",
     "KEYBYTES",
     "NONCEBYTES",
     "MACBYTES",
diff --git a/pyaegis/aegis128x4.py b/pyaegis/aegis128x4.py
index bde7cb4..93c9561 100644
--- a/pyaegis/aegis128x4.py
+++ b/pyaegis/aegis128x4.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from ._loader import ffi
 from ._loader import lib as _lib
 from .util import Buffer, new_aligned_struct, nonce_increment, wipe
 
+NAME = "AEGIS-128X4"  #: Algorithm name
 KEYBYTES = 16  #: Key size in bytes (varies by algorithm)
 NONCEBYTES = 16  #: Nonce size in bytes (varies by algorithm)
 MACBYTES = 16  #: Normal MAC size (always 16)
@@ -797,6 +798,7 @@ def new_mac_state():
 
 __all__ = [
     # constants
+    "NAME",
     "KEYBYTES",
     "NONCEBYTES",
     "MACBYTES",
diff --git a/pyaegis/aegis256.py b/pyaegis/aegis256.py
index ce2f2b1..d2ddca9 100644
--- a/pyaegis/aegis256.py
+++ b/pyaegis/aegis256.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from ._loader import ffi
 from ._loader import lib as _lib
 from .util import Buffer, new_aligned_struct, nonce_increment, wipe
 
+NAME = "AEGIS-256"  #: Algorithm name
 KEYBYTES = 32  #: Key size in bytes (varies by algorithm)
 NONCEBYTES = 32  #: Nonce size in bytes (varies by algorithm)
 MACBYTES = 16  #: Normal MAC size (always 16)
@@ -797,6 +798,7 @@ def new_mac_state():
 
 __all__ = [
     # constants
+    "NAME",
     "KEYBYTES",
     "NONCEBYTES",
     "MACBYTES",
diff --git a/pyaegis/aegis256x2.py b/pyaegis/aegis256x2.py
index 3b56478..ca59070 100644
--- a/pyaegis/aegis256x2.py
+++ b/pyaegis/aegis256x2.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from ._loader import ffi
 from ._loader import lib as _lib
 from .util import Buffer, new_aligned_struct, nonce_increment, wipe
 
+NAME = "AEGIS-256X2"  #: Algorithm name
 KEYBYTES = 32  #: Key size in bytes (varies by algorithm)
 NONCEBYTES = 32  #: Nonce size in bytes (varies by algorithm)
 MACBYTES = 16  #: Normal MAC size (always 16)
@@ -797,6 +798,7 @@ def new_mac_state():
 
 __all__ = [
     # constants
+    "NAME",
     "KEYBYTES",
     "NONCEBYTES",
     "MACBYTES",
diff --git a/pyaegis/aegis256x4.py b/pyaegis/aegis256x4.py
index 4ba072a..1d9fa93 100644
--- a/pyaegis/aegis256x4.py
+++ b/pyaegis/aegis256x4.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from ._loader import ffi
 from ._loader import lib as _lib
 from .util import Buffer, new_aligned_struct, nonce_increment, wipe
 
+NAME = "AEGIS-256X4"  #: Algorithm name
 KEYBYTES = 32  #: Key size in bytes (varies by algorithm)
 NONCEBYTES = 32  #: Nonce size in bytes (varies by algorithm)
 MACBYTES = 16  #: Normal MAC size (always 16)
@@ -797,6 +798,7 @@ def new_mac_state():
 
 __all__ = [
     # constants
+    "NAME",
     "KEYBYTES",
     "NONCEBYTES",
     "MACBYTES",
diff --git a/pyaegis/benchmark.py b/pyaegis/benchmark.py
index 24d38cf..394356d 100644
--- a/pyaegis/benchmark.py
+++ b/pyaegis/benchmark.py
@@ -17,21 +17,12 @@ from pyaegis import aegis128l, aegis128x2, aegis128x4, aegis256, aegis256x2, aeg
 MSG_LEN = 16384000  # 16 000 KiB
 ITERATIONS = 100
 
-ALGORITHMS = [
-    ("AEGIS-128L", aegis128l),
-    ("AEGIS-128X2", aegis128x2),
-    ("AEGIS-128X4", aegis128x4),
-    ("AEGIS-256", aegis256),
-    ("AEGIS-256X2", aegis256x2),
-    ("AEGIS-256X4", aegis256x4),
-]
-
 
 def _random_bytes(n: int) -> bytes:
     return os.urandom(n)
 
 
-def bench_encrypt(alg_name: str, ciph) -> None:
+def bench_encrypt(ciph) -> None:
     key = _random_bytes(ciph.KEYBYTES)
     nonce = _random_bytes(ciph.NONCEBYTES)
 
@@ -56,10 +47,10 @@ def bench_encrypt(alg_name: str, ciph) -> None:
     throughput_mbps = (
         (bits / (elapsed_s * 1_000_000)) if elapsed_s > 0 else float("inf")
     )
-    print(f"{alg_name}\t{throughput_mbps:10.2f} Mb/s")
+    print(f"{ciph.NAME}\t{throughput_mbps:10.2f} Mb/s")
 
 
-def bench_mac(alg_name: str, ciph) -> None:
+def bench_mac(ciph) -> None:
     key = _random_bytes(ciph.KEYBYTES)
     nonce = _random_bytes(ciph.NONCEBYTES)
 
@@ -83,23 +74,23 @@ def bench_mac(alg_name: str, ciph) -> None:
     throughput_mbps = (
         (bits / (elapsed_s * 1_000_000)) if elapsed_s > 0 else float("inf")
     )
-    print(f"{alg_name} MAC\t{throughput_mbps:10.2f} Mb/s")
+    print(f"{ciph.NAME} MAC\t{throughput_mbps:10.2f} Mb/s")
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     # aegis_init() is called in the loader at import time already
     # Run encrypt benchmarks in order: 256, 256x2, 256x4, 128l, 128x2, 128x4
-    bench_encrypt("AEGIS-256", aegis256)
-    bench_encrypt("AEGIS-256X2", aegis256x2)
-    bench_encrypt("AEGIS-256X4", aegis256x4)
-    bench_encrypt("AEGIS-128L", aegis128l)
-    bench_encrypt("AEGIS-128X2", aegis128x2)
-    bench_encrypt("AEGIS-128X4", aegis128x4)
+    bench_encrypt(aegis256)
+    bench_encrypt(aegis256x2)
+    bench_encrypt(aegis256x4)
+    bench_encrypt(aegis128l)
+    bench_encrypt(aegis128x2)
+    bench_encrypt(aegis128x4)
 
     # Run MAC benchmarks in order: 128l, 128x2, 128x4, 256, 256x2, 256x4
-    bench_mac("AEGIS-128L", aegis128l)
-    bench_mac("AEGIS-128X2", aegis128x2)
-    bench_mac("AEGIS-128X4", aegis128x4)
-    bench_mac("AEGIS-256", aegis256)
-    bench_mac("AEGIS-256X2", aegis256x2)
-    bench_mac("AEGIS-256X4", aegis256x4)
+    bench_mac(aegis128l)
+    bench_mac(aegis128x2)
+    bench_mac(aegis128x4)
+    bench_mac(aegis256)
+    bench_mac(aegis256x2)
+    bench_mac(aegis256x4)