Staines is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alberto Campbell-Staines (born 1993), Jamaican-born Australian athlete
Alfred Staines (1838–1910), British cricketer
Bill Staines (1947–2021), American folk singer
Charles Staines, Welsh rugby-league footballer
Charlie Staines (born 2000), Australian-born Samoan international rugby-league footballer David Staines (born 1946), Canadian literary critic Emery Staines (1874–1959), Australian rules footballer Frank Staines (1876–1937), Australian rules footballer Gary Staines (born 1963), British long-distance runner Gladys Staines (born 1951), Australian missionary Graham Staines (1941–1999), Australian missionary Hubert Staines (1893–1970), Canadian politician John Staines, New Zealand association footballer Laura Staines (born 1953), American rower María Arias Staines (born 1941), Mexican politician Mavis Staines (born 1954), Canadian ballet dancer Michael Staines (1885–1955), Irish politician Mike Staines (born 1949), British-born American rower Paul Staines (born 1967), British political blogger Richard of Staines (d.1277), medieval clerical judge Thomas Staines (1776–1830), Royal Navy officer William Staines (1731–1807), the Lord Mayor of London between 1800 and 1801
Fictional characters
Elsie Staines, from the British fantasy crime drama Ashes to Ashes, portrayed by Rita Davies George Staines, birthname of transgender character Gaynor Mason, from the British fantasy crime drama Ashes to Ashes, portrayed by Sara Stewart Monty Staines, from the British sitcom Benidorm, portrayed by John Challis Nikki Staines, from the American legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, portrayed by Callie Thorne Stanley and Mary-Jane Staines, protagonists from the Australian animated children's series Staines Down Drains; the show also included their mother, Betty Staines