What is the technical name for the double curly braces { } in react?

I think you're looking for the word 'interpolation'.

In Javascript, string interpolation is the evaluation of a string literal containing placeholders that are replaced with corresponding values during runtime.

curly braces - { } - can be two things:

  • the definition of a Javascript object
  • a way to "inject variables" in your HTML template

In react, since - { } - can be used to inject variables, double curly braces - {{ }} - are used to inject javascript objects within your JSX.