Globally, Ратцель (Ratzel 
, Ратцель 
) is a very rare unisex first name. The given name Ратцель is characteristic of Mexico, where it is a very rare largely masculine, but infrequently female name, and Philippines, where it is a very rare predominantly female, but very seldom male name. Much more prevalently, Ратцель is the last name as well as the forename.