The word Kriol could mean one of the following ethnic groups:
- Belizean Kriol people or Kriols
- Upper Guinea Kriol people
It could also mean any of the following Creole languages:
- The English-based Australian Kriol language
- The English-based Belizean Kriol language, also called Belizean Creole
- The English-based Colón Creole (Kriol) spoken in Panama
- The Portuguese-based Guinea-Bissau Creole