The word 'creole' is related to 'cradle', so it was a language learnt from the cradle, as opposed to pidgins, which are contact languages worked out by adults.

Capital-c Creole refers to specific cultures around the world, but lowercase-c creole is a linguist's term for any such native language derived from a pidgin. (The lack of capitalization in Spanish language names makes this ambiguous there.)

Bislama is a pidgin in Vanuatu; formerly known by various European spellings such as Beche-la-mer, from the name of a creature (sea cucumber) that was traded there.