Jatniel is the Spanish form of the biblical Jathniel, a Hebrew name that means "God gives" or "gift of God" and belongs to a Levite gatekeeper in the First Book of Chronicles. It is used in Latin American evangelical families alongside other rare Old Testament names like Jadiel and Abdiel. Jatniel has fluctuated between numbers 2816 and 6313 among US boys in recent years and reaches its best rank of 2816 in 2025.