The real name of meatloaf

 What was the real name of Meat Loaf? 

Meat Loaf's real name was Marvin Lee Aday, but he had the nickname since he was a child, contrary to popular perception. 

The Story Behind... Meat Loaf's "I'd Do Anything for Love" 

Meat Loaf told Oprah Winfrey in 2016 that he was "born blazing red" and that his father nicknamed him Meat because he resembled "nine and a half pounds of ground chuck." 

When he was thirteen, he stood on his sports coach's foot by accident, prompting him to shout, "Get off my foot, you hunk of meat loaf!" - and the moniker has remained.