The first name of the male ghost in Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw is Peter. He is Peter Quint, a former valet employed at Bly, the country estate where the novella takes place.
The governess sees Quint’s apparition before she knows his identity. Mrs Grose later helps identify him from the governess’s description, explaining that Quint had been closely involved with Miss Jessel, the previous governess. Both Quint and Jessel are believed by the governess to be influencing the children, Miles and Flora, from beyond the grave.
Peter Quint is often confused with the unnamed narrator or with Miles, but he is a separate adult character. The novella deliberately leaves open whether the ghosts are genuine supernatural beings or hallucinations produced by the governess’s perceptions. That ambiguity is central to the book’s enduring reputation and to its many psychological interpretations.