Mends is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Bright Middleton Mends (born 1992), Ghanaian footballer Cecil Duddley Mends (born 1975), Ghanaian Fashion Designer Christopher Mends (1724–1799), Welsh Methodist minister Esme Mends (born 1986), Ghanaian footballer Frank Mends Stone (1857–1942), Australian lawyer and politician

Robert Mends (c. 1767–1823), British Royal Navy officer T. D. Brodie-Mends (1929–2013), Ghanaian journalist, lawyer and politician William Robert Mends (1812–1897), British admiral of the Royal Navy

See also Mends Street Jetty, is located in South Perth in Western Australia. Nüwa Mends the Heavens, is a well-known theme in Chinese culture