title: Cairnes (surname)
text: # Cairnes (surname)
  
  Cairnes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Alexander Cairnes (1665–1732), Irish politician and banker
  * Henry Cairnes (1673–1743), Irish politician, banker, and merchant
  * Isaac Cairnes (died 1890), American politician
  * John Elliott Cairnes (1823–1875), Irish economist
  