diff --git a/harfbuzz.symbols b/harfbuzz.symbols
index 00fdc5c..9b54ef0 100644
--- a/harfbuzz.symbols
+++ b/harfbuzz.symbols
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ _hb_ot_tag_to_script
 _hb_ot_tags_from_script_and_language
 _hb_ot_tags_to_script_and_language
 _hb_ot_var_get_axis_infos
+_hb_ot_var_get_named_instance_count
+_hb_ot_var_named_instance_get_design_coords
+_hb_ot_var_named_instance_get_postscript_name_id
+_hb_ot_var_named_instance_get_subfamily_name_id
 _hb_script_from_string
 _hb_feature_from_string
 _hb_feature_to_string
diff --git a/src/face.ts b/src/face.ts
index 203aa35..df2b47f 100644
--- a/src/face.ts
+++ b/src/face.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
 } from "./helpers";
 import type {
   AxisInfo,
+  NamedInstance,
   NameEntry,
   FeatureNameIds,
   PaletteColor,
@@ -102,6 +103,57 @@ export class Face {
     return result;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return the named instances of a variable font.
+   * @returns An array of {@link NamedInstance} values, empty for a non-variable
+   *  font.
+   */
+  getNamedInstances(): NamedInstance[] {
+    const count = exports.hb_ot_var_get_named_instance_count(this.ptr);
+    if (!count) {
+      return [];
+    }
+    // getAxisInfos() keeps the last axis of a repeated tag, leaving holes
+    // for the others, whose coordinates are skipped
+    const axisTags: string[] = [];
+    for (const axis of Object.values(this.getAxisInfos()))
+      axisTags[axis.axisIndex] = axis.tag;
+    const sp = Module.stackSave();
+    const coordsLengthPtr = Module.stackAlloc(4);
+    const coordsPtr = Module.stackAlloc(axisTags.length * 4);
+    const instances: NamedInstance[] = [];
+    for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+      Module.HEAPU32[coordsLengthPtr / 4] = axisTags.length;
+      exports.hb_ot_var_named_instance_get_design_coords(
+        this.ptr,
+        i,
+        coordsLengthPtr,
+        coordsPtr,
+      );
+      const coords: Record<string, number> = {};
+      const coordsLength = Module.HEAPU32[coordsLengthPtr / 4];
+      for (let j = 0; j < coordsLength; j++) {
+        if (axisTags[j] !== undefined)
+          coords[axisTags[j]] = Module.HEAPF32[coordsPtr / 4 + j];
+      }
+      const instance: NamedInstance = {
+        instanceIndex: i,
+        subfamilyNameId: exports.hb_ot_var_named_instance_get_subfamily_name_id(
+          this.ptr,
+          i,
+        ),
+        coords,
+      };
+      const postScriptNameId =
+        exports.hb_ot_var_named_instance_get_postscript_name_id(this.ptr, i);
+      if (postScriptNameId != HB_OT_NAME_ID_INVALID)
+        instance.postScriptNameId = postScriptNameId;
+      instances.push(instance);
+    }
+    Module.stackRestore(sp);
+    return instances;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Return unicodes the face supports.
    * @returns A Uint32Array of supported Unicode code points.
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 19c5d55..ce86e15 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -307,6 +307,27 @@ export interface AxisInfo {
   max: number;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Data type for holding a named instance of a variable font, such as "Bold"
+ * or "Condensed Light".
+ */
+export interface NamedInstance {
+  /** Index of the instance in the named-instance array. */
+  instanceIndex: number;
+  /** The `name` table Name ID that provides display names for the instance. */
+  subfamilyNameId: number;
+  /**
+   * The `name` table Name ID that provides the PostScript name of the
+   * instance, if the font has one.
+   */
+  postScriptNameId?: number;
+  /**
+   * The design coordinates of the instance, in un-normalized, user scales,
+   * keyed by axis tag.
+   */
+  coords: Record<string, number>;
+}
+
 export interface NameEntry {
   nameId: number;
   language: string;
diff --git a/test/index.test.js b/test/index.test.js
index 6ed2abe..b02eb6b 100644
--- a/test/index.test.js
+++ b/test/index.test.js
@@ -62,6 +62,59 @@ describe("Face", function () {
     expect(Object.keys(face.getAxisInfos())).to.have.lengthOf(0);
   });
 
+  it("getNamedInstances returns the named instances of a variable font", function () {
+    let blob = new hb.Blob(
+      fs.readFileSync(
+        path.join(__dirname, "fonts/noto/NotoSansArabic-Variable.ttf"),
+      ),
+    );
+    let face = new hb.Face(blob);
+    const instances = face.getNamedInstances();
+    expect(instances).to.have.lengthOf(36);
+    expect(instances[0]).to.deep.equal({
+      instanceIndex: 0,
+      subfamilyNameId: 258,
+      coords: { wght: 100, wdth: 100 },
+    });
+    expect(instances[11]).to.deep.equal({
+      instanceIndex: 11,
+      subfamilyNameId: 269,
+      coords: { wght: 300, wdth: 75 },
+    });
+    expect(face.getName(instances[11].subfamilyNameId, "en")).to.equal(
+      "Condensed Light",
+    );
+    expect(instances[35].coords).to.deep.equal({ wght: 900, wdth: 62.5 });
+  });
+
+  it("getNamedInstances keys coordinates like getAxisInfos for repeated axis tags", function () {
+    const data = fs.readFileSync(
+      path.join(__dirname, "fonts/noto/NotoSansArabic-Variable.ttf"),
+    );
+    // Rename the second axis (wdth) to wght
+    const numTables = data.readUInt16BE(4);
+    for (let i = 0; i < numTables; i++) {
+      const record = 12 + i * 16;
+      if (data.toString("latin1", record, record + 4) === "fvar") {
+        const fvar = data.readUInt32BE(record + 8);
+        const axes = fvar + data.readUInt16BE(fvar + 4);
+        data.write("wght", axes + 20, "latin1");
+      }
+    }
+    let face = new hb.Face(new hb.Blob(data));
+    expect(Object.keys(face.getAxisInfos())).to.deep.equal(["wght"]);
+    expect(face.getAxisInfos().wght.axisIndex).to.equal(1);
+    expect(face.getNamedInstances()[11].coords).to.deep.equal({ wght: 75 });
+  });
+
+  it("getNamedInstances returns an empty array for a non-variable font", function () {
+    let blob = new hb.Blob(
+      fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, "fonts/noto/NotoSans-Regular.ttf")),
+    );
+    let face = new hb.Face(blob);
+    expect(face.getNamedInstances()).to.deep.equal([]);
+  });
+
   it("getTableScriptTags returns tags for a font", function () {
     let blob = new hb.Blob(
       fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, "fonts/noto/NotoSans-Regular.ttf")),